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DAYLIGHTS
Definition of DAYLIGHTS
noun
plural of daylight
noun
The natural light that is ambient in daytime, being mostly sunlight (both direct and indirect, on either sunny days or cloudy days).
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Word DNA
DAYLIGHTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DAYLIGHT.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DAYLIGHT · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAYLIGHTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAYLIGHTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADGHILSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DAYLIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found DAYLIGHTS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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