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CHAINMAILS
Definition of CHAINMAILS
noun
plural of chainmail
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Word DNA
CHAINMAILS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHAIN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, CHAIN · 12 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAINMAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAINMAILS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACHIILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start CHAINM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHAINMAILS?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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