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CHATTEL
Definition of CHATTEL
noun
Tangible, movable property.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chatel, from Old French chatel, from Medieval Latin capitāle (English capital), from Latin capitālis (“of the head”), from caput (“head”) + -alis (“-al”). Compare the doublet cattle (“cows”), which is from an Anglo-Norman variant. Compare also capital and kith and kine (“all one’s possessions”), which also use “cow” to mean “property”.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHATTEL · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Anglo-Norman.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHATTEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHATTEL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 CHATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHATTEL?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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