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CHAROITE
Definition of CHAROITE
noun
A rare mineral, ranging in color from a light lilac to a deep purple, found in Yakutia, Russia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Russian Ча́ра (Čára) (the name of a river in Siberia, Russia) + -o- + -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (388)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAROITE · 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.
CHAROITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
CHAROITE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CHAROITE?
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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