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CHANTRY
Definition of CHANTRY
noun
An endowment for the maintenance of a priest to sing a daily mass for the souls of specified people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chaunterie, from Old French chanterie, from chanter (“to sing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,314)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHANTRY · 3 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.
CHANTRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHANTRY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACHNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHANTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CHANTRY?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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