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RESPLENDENCY
Definition of RESPLENDENCY
noun
resplendence, radiant beauty
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin, from resplendere (“to shine brightly”).
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RESPLENDENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 169, 5 November 2026.
Built from these letters
RESPLENDENCY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDEEELNNPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once.
Words that start RESPLEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RESPLENDENCY?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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