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CHAMPIONS
Definition of CHAMPIONS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of champion
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Word DNA
CHAMPIONS 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 (894)
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.
CHAMPIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHAMPIONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMNOPS - 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 8
Could you have found CHAMPIONS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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