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MICROLIGHT
Definition of MICROLIGHT
noun
An ultralight aircraft.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micro- + light.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MICROLIGHT · 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.
MICROLIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MICROLIGHT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CGHIILMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MICROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found MICROLIGHT?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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