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BRIGHT
Definition of BRIGHT
adjective
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
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Where it comes from
The adjective is from Middle English bright, from Old English berht, beorht, bryht, byrht, from Proto-West Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic *berhtaz (“bright”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵ- (“to gleam, shine, whiten”). The noun is derived from Middle English bright (“brightness, brilliance; daylight; light”), from bright (adjective): see above. Cognate with Scots bricht (“bright”), Danish bjært (“bright”), Faroese and Icelandic bjartur (“bright”), Norwegian Nynorsk bjart (“bright”), Swedish bjärt (“bright”), Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 (bairhts, “bright, clear; evident”); also Welsh berth (“beautiful, fair, fine”), Albanian bardhë (“white”), Lithuanian brėkšti (“to dawn”), Polish brzeżdżyć (“to dawn”), Russian бре́зжить (brézžitʹ, “to dawn”), Persian برازیدن (barâzidan, “to beautify; to befit”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BRIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BRIGHT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BGHIRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BRIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found BRIGHT?
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