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CHAETODON
Definition of CHAETODON
noun
butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name. By surface analysis, chaet- + -odon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAETODON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
Built from these letters
CHAETODON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CHAETO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHAETODON?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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