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CHAMFER
Definition of CHAMFER
noun
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”).
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.
CHAMFER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHAMFER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEFHMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHAMFE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found CHAMFER?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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