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CHAUVINISM
Definition of CHAUVINISM
noun
Excessive patriotism, eagerness for national superiority; jingoism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French chauvinisme (“idealistic devotion to Napoleon”), named for Nicolas Chauvin, a legendary and excessively patriotic soldier of the French First Republic. The figure of Chauvin became especially famous as a character in the play La Cocarde Tricolore by the Cogniard brothers.
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.
CHAUVINISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAUVINISM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACHIIMNSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CHAUVI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found CHAUVINISM?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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