ISLET
What does "ISLET" mean?
A very small island.
Meanings
- A tiny island, often just a rock or sandbar above the waterline. A single palm leaned over the bare islet in the lagoon.
- A small isolated cluster of cells, as in the islets of Langerhans that make insulin. Type 1 diabetes destroys the insulin-producing islets in the pancreas. technical
Word origin
From Old French 'islette', a diminutive of 'isle' (island), itself from Latin 'insula'; the silent 's' is a later spelling borrowed from Latin.
Remember it
ISLET is ISLE + T - a tiny island that even kept the silent 's' from its bigger cousin.
A little poem
Too small for a name,
one gull, one rock, one tide's worth
of being alone.
haiku
Wordplay
- I bought the smallest island I could find. It was a sound investment - I'll let you do the math.
What it teaches
Small does not mean unimportant; whole hormones, and whole solitudes, fit on a speck of land.
Quick facts
What does ISLET mean?
A very small island.
Is ISLET a valid word?
Yes — ISLET is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ISLET?
ISLET has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ISLET come from?
From Old French 'islette', a diminutive of 'isle' (island), itself from Latin 'insula'; the silent 's' is a later spelling borrowed from Latin.
What can ISLET teach us?
Small does not mean unimportant; whole hormones, and whole solitudes, fit on a speck of land.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.