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CHALLENGE
Definition of CHALLENGE
noun
A confrontation; a dare. An antagonization or instigation intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not. A bid to overcome something.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English chalenge, variant with palatalization of Middle English kalange (“an accusation, claim”), from Old French chalenge, chalonge, palatalized Central French variants of Old Northern French calenge, calonge (see Continental Norman calengier), from Latin calumnia (“a false accusation, calumny”). Cognate with Old English hōl (“calumny”). Doublet of calumny.
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.
CHALLENGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CHALLENGE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGHLLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CHALLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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