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CHAPERONES
Definition of CHAPERONES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
CHAPERONES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHAPERON.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (854)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAPERON · 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.
CHAPERONES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAPERONES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHNOPRS - 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 24
Could you have found CHAPERONES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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