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LIGHTENER
Definition of LIGHTENER
noun
That which lightens.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lighten + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LIGHTEN · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIGHTENER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LIGHTENER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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.
Could you have found LIGHTENER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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