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GLISTEN
Definition of GLISTEN
verb
To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate, glint or flash.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLISTEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
GLISTEN starts with G and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start GLISTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found GLISTEN?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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