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CHAGRINED

/ˈʃæɡɹɪnd/9 letters

Definition of CHAGRINED

adjective

Feeling chagrin (at something); vexed; fretful.

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Word DNA

CHAGRINED inherits its ancestry from its root, CHAGRIN.

Line of descent

  1. Old French
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Old French

Deepest traced root

9th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

2.9%

of traced words share this origin (2,307)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

Same root, CHAGRIN · 3 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names German, Turkish.

Every Old French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

CHAGRINED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 160
Its 53 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
53
Boards found on
31
First board
159
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

jennybunny

on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHAGRINED
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHAGRINED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEGHINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CHAGRI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CHAGRINCHAGRINSCHAGRININGCHAGRINNEDCHAGRINNING

Could you have found CHAGRINED?

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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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