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LUMINARY
Definition of LUMINARY
noun
One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in one's chosen field; a leading light.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English lūminārī, lūminārīe (“lamp; source of spiritual light, example of holiness; glory”), borrowed from Old French luminarie (“lamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness, illumination”), variant of luminaire (“light fixture”) (modern French luminaire), from Medieval Latin lūminārium, from lūmināre (“that which gives light; light; lamp; body giving light, especially a heavenly body”), from lūmen (“light; brightness”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -āris (suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to). Doublet of luminaire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (11,293)
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.
LUMINARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
LUMINARY starts with L and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AILMNRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LUMINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found LUMINARY?
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