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STYLET
Definition of STYLET
noun
An engraving tool, a stylus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French stylet (“stiletto”), from Middle French stilet (“stiletto”), from Old Italian stiletto. Doublet of stiletto and stilet. By surface analysis, style + -et.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,351)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STYLET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STYLET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start STYLET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STYLET?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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