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LUSTERS
Definition of LUSTERS
noun
plural of luster
noun
The ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
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Word DNA
LUSTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, LUST.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.8%
of traced words share this origin (4,101)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LUST · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Old Norse, Sanskrit, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LUSTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUSTERS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LUSTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LUSTERS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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