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CHALAH
Definition of CHALAH
noun
Alternative spelling of challah.
noun
A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for a yom tov.
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Word DNA
CHALAH inherits its ancestry from its root, CHALLAH.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
30th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (208)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHALLAH · 8 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHALAH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHALAH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AACHHL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and A appear more than once.
Words that start CHALAH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHALAH?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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