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CHARADING
Definition of CHARADING
verb
present participle and gerund of charade
noun
A genre of riddles where the clues to the answer are descriptions or puns on its syllables, with a final clue to the whole.
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Word DNA
CHARADING inherits its ancestry from its root, CHARADE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,081)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHARADE · 2 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.
CHARADING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHARADING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AACDGHINR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CHARADING?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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