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CHEERIO
Definition of CHEERIO
interjection
Goodbye, an interjection said upon parting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From cheer and/or cheery + -o.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHEERIO · 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.
CHEERIO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHEERIO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CEEHIOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E 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 CHEERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found CHEERIO?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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