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CHANTIES
Definition of CHANTIES
noun
plural of chanty
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Word DNA
CHANTIES inherits its ancestry from its root, SHANTY.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (351)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHANTY · 11 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.
CHANTIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHANTIES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHANTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHANTIES?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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