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DEADLIGHT
Definition of DEADLIGHT
noun
A strong (often wooden) shutter fitted over a porthole, that can be closed in bad weather to keep water out and discourage the glass windows from breaking.
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Where it comes from
From dead + light.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEADLIGHT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEADLIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
DEADLIGHT starts with D and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADDEGHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once.
Words that start DEADLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DEADLIGHT?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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