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CHALET
Definition of CHALET
noun
An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French chalet, from Franco-Provençal çhalè (“herdsman's hut in the mountains”).
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.
CHALET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHALET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CHALET?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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