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EYELET
Definition of EYELET
noun
An object that consists of a rim and small hole or perforation to receive a cord or fastener, as in garments, sails, etc. An eyelet may reinforce a hole.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English oylet, from Old French oillet, equivalent to Old French oil (“eye”) + -et (diminutive suffix). Spelling and pronunciation were later on influenced by eye (which is distantly related to oil via Proto-Indo-European) as though suffixed with -let (a double diminutive also from -et).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EYELET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EYELET starts with E and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEELTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start EYELET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EYELET?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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