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CHASTELY

/ˈt͡ʃeɪst.li/8 letters

Definition of CHASTELY

adverb

In a chaste manner. (either specifically virginal, or in a modest, unsexy and unrisqué manner)

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Where it comes from

From Middle English chasteliche, chastliche, chastely; equivalent to chaste + -ly.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

6.1%

of traced words share this origin (4,784)

Germanic

branch · 22.6% of traced words

How it is built

adverb2 syllablescompound-ly

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHASTELY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 65 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 32 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
32
Boards found on
32
First board
155
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

lemondrop619

on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHASTELY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHASTELY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CHASTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CHASTECHASTENCHASTERCHASTENSCHASTESTCHASTENEDCHASTENERCHASTENERSCHASTENESSCHASTENINGCHASTENMENTCHASTENESSES

Could you have found CHASTELY?

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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.

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