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CHAMBERLAIN
Definition of CHAMBERLAIN
noun
A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English chamberlein, chaumberlein, chaumberleyn, from Anglo-Norman chamberlenc, Old French chamberlayn, chamberlenc (“chamberlain”), from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”), equivalent to *kamer (“chamber”) + *-ling (“-ling”). Cognate with Old High German chamarling (“chamberlain”). Compare also Late Latin camerārius and comrade. More at chamber, -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (206)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAMBERLAIN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German, Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAMBERLAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAMBERLAIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABCEHILMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CHAMBER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CHAMBERLAIN?
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