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CHAPMAN
Definition of CHAPMAN
noun
A dealer or merchant, especially an itinerant one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chapman, chepman, from Old English ċēapmann (“dealer, merchant”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaupamann, equivalent to cheap (noun) + man. Cognate with synonymous West Frisian keapman, Dutch koopman, German Low German Koopmann, German Kaufmann, Swedish köpman.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (826)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAPMAN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAPMAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACHMNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CHAPMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found CHAPMAN?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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