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STARLIGHT

/ˈstɑː(ɹ)laɪt/9 letters

Definition of STARLIGHT

noun

Light emitted from stars.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From star + light.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STARLIGHT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
15
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.

First ever to find it

apurplepatch

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STARLIGHT
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STARLIGHT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGHILRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start STARLI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STARLITSTARLIKESTARLINGSTARLINGSSTARLIGHTSSTARLIGHTED

Could you have found STARLIGHT?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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