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CHAPARRAL
Definition of CHAPARRAL
noun
A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAPARRAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAPARRAL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAACHLPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CHAPAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHAPARRAL?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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