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CHAR
Definition of CHAR
verb
To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from charcoal.
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.
CHAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHAR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACHR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found CHAR?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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