The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CHAETA
Definition of CHAETA
noun
A chitinous bristle of an annelid worm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “crest, mane, flowing hair, foliage”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% 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.
CHAETA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAETA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEHT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CHAETA?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER