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LILT

/lɪlt/4 letters

Definition of LILT

verb

To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English lilten, lulten.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

LILT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 116
Its one board, across 116 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
110
First board
6
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.

First ever to find it

alb

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

LILT
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LILT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ILLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L 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.

TILL

Words that start LILT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

LILTSLILTEDLILTINGLILTINGLYLILTINGNESSLILTINGNESSES

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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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