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LIGHTS
Definition of LIGHTS
noun
plural 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
LIGHTS inherits its ancestry from its root, LIGHT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, LIGHT · 6 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.
LIGHTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LIGHTS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GHILST - 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 LIGHTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found LIGHTS?
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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