Word of the day · Monday, November 2, 2026

azlon

noun

A manufactured textile fiber made from natural protein, such as casein from milk, or protein from soybeans, corn or peanuts.

Where it comes from

A generic fiber name coined in the 20th century, built on the -lon ending made familiar by nylon.

Worth knowing

Protein fibers were developed in the 1930s and 1940s as a wool substitute. Milk-based fabric has had a small revival in recent years for soft knitwear.

By the letters

• 5letters
• 2vowels (A E I O U)
• Zuncommon letters
• 5different letters

Playing it

AZLON puts the Z second, right after a vowel. Words with Z early in the word are easier to build top to bottom, because the Z can sit near the top of a column.

Anagrams

Words that use exactly the same letters as AZLON. See anagram.

• zonal

Hooks

One letter added to make a new word (what is a hook), at the end: AZLONS.

In Unsaid

AZLON was word of the day number 15 in Unsaid, a falling-letter word game where every player gets the same word on the same date. As a word it scores 550 points. Under the current rules, spelling it as the word of the day is worth a bonus of 9,100 reading down or 6,825 reading across, before any streak. How the bonus works.