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LIGHT
Definition of LIGHT
noun
Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English light, liht, leoht, from Old English lēoht, from Proto-West Germanic *leuht, from Proto-Germanic *leuhtą, from Proto-Indo-European *lewktom, from the root *lewk- (“to shine”).
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.
LIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LIGHT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LIGHT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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