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CHALONE
Definition of CHALONE
noun
Any of several polypeptide hormones that reversibly inhibit mitosis in the tissues that produce them.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek χαλῶν (khalôn), present participle of χαλάω (khaláō, “to slacken”).
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.
CHALONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHALONE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CHALONE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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