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CHARPIES
Definition of CHARPIES
noun
plural of charpie
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Word DNA
CHARPIES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHARPIE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHARPIE · 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.
CHARPIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 91 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHARPIES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CHARPIES?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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