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GLITTERED

9 letters

Definition of GLITTERED

verb

simple past and past participle of glitter

GLITTER

noun

A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.

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Word DNA

GLITTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, GLITTER.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old Norse
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,343)

How it is built

verb

Same root, GLITTER · 6 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GLITTERED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 6 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
106
First board
154
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

sailingon

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

GLITTERED
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

GLITTERED starts with G and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEGILRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start GLITTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GLITTERED?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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