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LIGHTER
Definition of LIGHTER
noun
A person who lights things.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From light (“to ignite”) + -er. Cognate with Middle Dutch lichtere, lichter (“one who spreads light, illuminator”), Dutch lichter, luchter (“candle-holder, chandelier”). Compare also Middle English lightnere, liȝtnere (“one who enlightens or illuminates”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LIGHT · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LIGHTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LIGHTER starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGHILRT - 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 6
Could you have found LIGHTER?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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