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CHATELAINE
Definition of CHATELAINE
noun
The mistress of a castle or large household.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French châtelaine, the feminine form of châtelain (“castle-keeper, castellan; one living in a castle”), from Medieval Latin castellanus (“occupants of a castle”), from castellum (“castle, fort”) (diminutive of castrum (“castle, fort”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut off, separate”)) + -ānus (“of or pertaining to”). By surface analysis, Old French chatel + French -aine.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHATELAINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHATELAINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEEHILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start CHATEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found CHATELAINE?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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