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GLISTER
Definition of GLISTER
verb
To gleam, glisten, or coruscate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
GLISTER carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To glisten.
noun
Glitter; brilliance.
noun
Sheen; luster; glitter.
noun
Same as clyster, clyster-pipe.
Where it comes from
From Middle English glisteren, either borrowed from or related to Middle Low German and/or Middle Dutch glisteren; like a host of other Germanic words in gl- related to shining, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley-.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, GLISTER · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
GLISTER in a sentence
“An 'regular fall weather it was -- the glint o' the sun on the golden larch an 'the quakin' aspens; an 'the glister of light on ivery ripple; an' beyand, the winter an 'the blue haze of the North comin' down hand in hand.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GLISTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 60 boards so far. 117 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GLISTER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of GLISTER. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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 19
Could you have found GLISTER?
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