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CHARACTER
Definition of CHARACTER
noun
A being involved in the action of a story; a persona.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to engrave”). Displaced native English thew from Old English þēaw (in the plural) and Old English hād (“person, character”). Doublet of charakter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,357)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHARACTER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHARACTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHARACTER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACCEHRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, A and R appear more than once.
Words that start CHARAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHARACTER?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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