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CHERIMOYA
Definition of CHERIMOYA
noun
A subtropical tree, of species Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish chirimoya, from Quechua chirimuya.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
46th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (18)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHERIMOYA · 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.
CHERIMOYA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHERIMOYA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIMORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHERIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found CHERIMOYA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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