The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
CHARMEN
Definition of CHARMEN
noun
plural of charman
CHARMAN
noun
A man who does the work of a charwoman.
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Word DNA
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.
CHARMEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHARMEN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEHMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHARME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHARMEN?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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