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CHARLESTON
Definition of CHARLESTON
verb
To dance the Charleston.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHARLESTON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHARLESTON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHARLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CHARLESTON?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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