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LANGUETS
Definition of LANGUETS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
LANGUETS inherits its ancestry from its root, LANGUET.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% 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.
LANGUETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 63, 22 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LANGUETS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGLNSTU - 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.
Could you have found LANGUETS?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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