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CHAPERONE
Definition of CHAPERONE
noun
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See chaperon.
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.
CHAPERONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHAPERONE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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 CHAPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CHAPERONE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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