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CHANNEL
Definition of CHANNEL
noun
The hollow bed of running waters; the bed of the sea or other body of water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chanel (also as canel, cannel, kanel), a borrowing from Old French chanel, canel, from Latin canālis (“groove; canal; channel”). Doublet of canal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHANNEL · 8 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.
CHANNEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHANNEL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CHANNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHANNEL?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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