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CHAIRMAN

/ˈtʃɛːmən/8 letters

Definition of CHAIRMAN

noun

A person presiding over a meeting, sometimes especially a man.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From chair + -man.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-man

Same root, CHAIRMAN · 2 relatives in the game

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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.

CHAIRMAN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 152
Its 18 boards, across 152 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
24
First board
148
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

ishmomo

on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHAIRMAN
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CHAIRMAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACHIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start CHAIRM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CHAIRMENCHAIRMANSCHAIRMANEDCHAIRMANINGCHAIRMANNEDCHAIRMANNINGCHAIRMANSHIPCHAIRMANSHIPS

Could you have found CHAIRMAN?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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