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OGLE
Definition of OGLE
verb
To stare at (someone or something), especially impertinently, amorously, or covetously.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
17th century. Probably from Low German ögeln (“to ogle, to flirt with one's eyes”), from Middle Low German ö̂gelen, frequentative of Middle Low German ö̂gen, from Old Saxon ōgian, from Proto-West Germanic *augijan (“to show”). Alternatively from an equivalent Dutch *ogelen, but this seems unattested (only the simplex ogen). By surface analysis, eye + -le.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- Middle Low German
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (248)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, OGLE · 3 relatives 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.
OGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
OGLE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start OGLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found OGLE?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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