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CHANTAGE
Definition of CHANTAGE
noun
Synonym of blackmail.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French chantage.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,111)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHANTAGE · 1 relative 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.
CHANTAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHANTAGE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEGHNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CHANTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found CHANTAGE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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