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LYCHNOBITE
Definition of LYCHNOBITE
noun
A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek λυχνόβιος (lukhnóbios, “living by lamplight”), from λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) + βίος (bíos, “life”); ending analogical to cenobite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,575)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LYCHNOBITE · 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.
LYCHNOBITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LYCHNOBITE starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEHILNOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LYCHNO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LYCHNOBITE?
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