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LIGHTED
Definition of LIGHTED
verb
simple past and past participle of light
noun
Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light.
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Word DNA
LIGHTED inherits its ancestry from its root, LIGHT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,622)
How it is built
Same root, LIGHT · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIGHTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LIGHTED starts with L and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGHILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LIGHTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found LIGHTED?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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