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LUMINARIA
Definition of LUMINARIA
noun
A vigil fire used in ceremonies in Native American and Hispanic cultures.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish luminaria.
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.
LUMINARIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUMINARIA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAIILMNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and A appear more than once.
Words that start LUMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUMINARIA?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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