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CALICHE
Definition of CALICHE
noun
A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish caliche, from Latin calx (“pebble”); compare chalk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.2%
of traced words share this origin (10,073)
branch · 33.2% 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.
CALICHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALICHE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CALICH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALICHE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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