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FIRELIGHTS
Definition of FIRELIGHTS
noun
plural of firelight
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Word DNA
FIRELIGHTS inherits its ancestry from its root, FIRELIGHT.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,232)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FIRELIGHT · 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.
FIRELIGHTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIRELIGHTS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFGHIILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FIRELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found FIRELIGHTS?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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