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UNLIGHT
Definition of UNLIGHT
verb
To extinguish, turn off, or dim the light from
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From un- + light or, in the case of the verb, perhaps from Middle English *unlighten (suggested by past participle unlight, unlyght, unliȝt (“unlit”)), equivalent to un- + light.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,912)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, UNLIGHT · 1 relative 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.
UNLIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 129, 26 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UNLIGHT starts with U and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GHILNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNLIGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNLIGHT?
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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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