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CHARLOCKS
Definition of CHARLOCKS
noun
plural of charlock
noun
Any of several yellow-flowered cruciferous weeds of grain fields, especially wild mustard (Rhamphospermum arvense, syn. Sinapis arvensis).
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Word DNA
CHARLOCKS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHARLOCK.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.1%
of traced words share this origin (1,251)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHARLOCK · 1 relative 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.
CHARLOCKS 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 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHARLOCKS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCHKLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHARLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHARLOCKS?
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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