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ILLUSTRIOUS

/ɪˈlʌs.tɹɪ.əs/11 letters

Definition of ILLUSTRIOUS

adjective

Admired, distinguished, respected, or well-known.

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Where it comes from

From Latin illūstris (“bright, shining; distinguished, prominent, illustrious”) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, to denote possession or presence of a quality in any degree). Illūstris is derived from illūstrō (“to brighten, illuminate; to make famous or illustrious”), from in- (“in, inside”) + lūstrō (“to purify by making a sacrifice; to brighten, illuminate”) (from lūstrō (“purificatory sacrifice”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”) or *lewh₃- (“to wash”)).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

ILLUSTRIOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

gregsprinkles

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ILLUSTRIOUS
11
Letters
5
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

ILLUSTRIOUS starts with I and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IILLORSSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I, L, U and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start ILLUSTR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ILLUSTRATEILLUSTRATEDILLUSTRATESILLUSTRATORILLUSTRATINGILLUSTRATIONILLUSTRATIVEILLUSTRATORSILLUSTRATIONSILLUSTRIOUSLYILLUSTRATIONALILLUSTRATIVELY

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