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CHAM
Definition of CHAM
noun
Archaic spelling of khan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French cham, from Ottoman Turkish خان (han) (see there for more).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
32nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (178)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAM · 1 relative 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.
CHAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACHM - 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.
Words that start CHAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found CHAM?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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