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SUNGLASS

8 letters

Definition of SUNGLASS

noun

Attributive form of sunglasses, used chiefly in phrases.

SUNGLASSES

noun

Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From sun + glass, as a back-formation when referring to sunglasses.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, SUNGLASS · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

SUNGLASS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

alexad1498

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SUNGLASS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SUNGLASS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGLNSSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SUNGLA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SUNGLASS?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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