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REFULGENT
Definition of REFULGENT
adjective
Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
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Other senses
REFULGENT carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Shining radiantly; resplendent.
Emitting or reflecting a bright light; shining; splendid.
adjective
Casting a bright light; radiant; brilliant; resplendent; shining; splendid.
“refulgent beams”
adjective
As if giving off light or warmth.
Where it comes from
From Latin refulgentem, accusative singular of refulgēns, present active participle of refulgeō, from re- (“back”) + fulgeō (“shine”). By surface analysis, re- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ent.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
REFULGENT in a sentence
“(I found this remarkable in a medical man: between trouser hem and refulgent loafer, a gleam of bronzed ankle.)”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
REFULGENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 160 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
REFULGENT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEFGLNRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of REFULGENT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start REFULG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found REFULGENT?
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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