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LUMINAIRE
Definition of LUMINAIRE
noun
An electrical device that contains an electric lamp that provides illumination.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French luminaire. Doublet of luminary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUMINAIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
LUMINAIRE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start LUMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUMINAIRE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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