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LUMINE
Definition of LUMINE
verb
To illuminate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English lūminen, clipping of enlūminen, from Old French enluminer, from Latin illūminō, from lūminō, from lūmen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUMINE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUMINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUMINE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 LUMINE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found LUMINE?
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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