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CHARLOTTE
Definition of CHARLOTTE
noun
A dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit, and cream or custard.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French charlotte, or possibly from Middle English charlet, charlette (“dish made from eggs, meat, milk, etc.”), probably from Old French char laitée (“meat with milk”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,361)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHARLOTTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHARLOTTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CHARLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHARLOTTE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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