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LANGUET
Definition of LANGUET
noun
A tongue-shaped implement, specifically: A narrow blade on the edge of a spade or shovel. A piece of metal on a sword hilt which overhangs the scabbard. A flat plate in (or opposite and below the mouth of) the pipe of an organ.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French languete (modern French languette), diminutive of langue (“tongue”), from Latin lingua.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LANGUET · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LANGUET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 63, 22 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LANGUET starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEGLNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LANGUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found LANGUET?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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