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LUMINOUS
Definition of LUMINOUS
adjective
Emitting light; glowing brightly; shining.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French lumineus, from Latin lūminōsus.
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.
LUMINOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 148 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
LUMINOUS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ILMNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start LUMINO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found LUMINOUS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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