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CHAMPIONED
Definition of CHAMPIONED
verb
simple past and past participle of champion
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Word DNA
CHAMPIONED inherits its ancestry from its root, CHAMPION.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (909)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAMPION · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAMPIONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHAMPIONED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHIMNOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHAMPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CHAMPIONED?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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