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MOONLIGHTER
Definition of MOONLIGHTER
noun
A person who moonlights, working a second job on the side.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From moonlight + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MOONLIGHT · 3 relatives 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.
MOONLIGHTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MOONLIGHTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGHILMNOORT - 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 10
Could you have found MOONLIGHTER?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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