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CHAYOTE
Definition of CHAYOTE
noun
Sicyos edulis, a tropical American perennial herbaceous vine having tendrils, tuberous roots, and a green, pear-shaped fruit cooked as a vegetable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Spanish chayote, from Classical Nahuatl chayohtli.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
40th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (121)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHAYOTE · 1 relative 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.
CHAYOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAYOTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found CHAYOTE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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