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LUMINARIES
Definition of LUMINARIES
noun
plural of luminary
noun
One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.
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Word DNA
LUMINARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, LUMINARY.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,575)
How it is built
Same root, LUMINARY · 1 relative 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.
LUMINARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUMINARIES starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I 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.
Words that start LUMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found LUMINARIES?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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