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ENLIGHTENS
Definition of ENLIGHTENS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of enlighten
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Word DNA
ENLIGHTENS inherits its ancestry from its root, ENLIGHTEN.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,213)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ENLIGHTEN · 1 relative 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.
ENLIGHTENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ENLIGHTENS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start ENLIGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ENLIGHTENS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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