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CHAMAELEON
Definition of CHAMAELEON
noun
Archaic spelling of chameleon.
noun
A small to mid-size reptile, of the family Chamaeleonidae, and one of the best known lizard families able to change color and project its long tongue.
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Word DNA
CHAMAELEON inherits its ancestry from its root, CHAMELEON.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAMELEON · 6 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.
CHAMAELEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAMAELEON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHLMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start CHAMAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHAMAELEON?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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