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CHASTEN
Definition of CHASTEN
verb
To make chaste.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
CHASTEN carries 4 further meanings.
transitive verb
To correct by punishment or reproof; take to task.
transitive verb
To restrain; subdue.
“chasten a proud spirit.”
transitive verb
To rid of excess; refine or purify.
“chasten a careless writing style.”
To inflict pain, trouble, or affliction on for the purpose of reclaiming from evil; correct; chastise; punish: formerly of corporal punishment, but now, chiefly with a moral reference, of disciplinary affliction.
Where it comes from
From Middle English chastien, from Old French chastier (“punish”), from Latin castīgō. Doublet of chastise and castigate and related to chaste.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHASTEN · 4 relatives 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.
CHASTEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 55 boards so far. 156 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHASTEN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of CHASTEN. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHASTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CHASTEN?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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