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CHANFRONS
Definition of CHANFRONS
noun
plural of chanfron
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Word DNA
CHANFRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHAMFRON.
Line of descent
- Old French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,410)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAMFRON · 7 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.
CHANFRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHANFRONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACFHNNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found CHANFRONS?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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