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MOONLIGHTED
Definition of MOONLIGHTED
adjective
Illuminated by moonlight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From moon + lighted.
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.
MOONLIGHTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MOONLIGHTED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEGHILMNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MOONLIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found MOONLIGHTED?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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