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CHERNOZEMS
Definition of CHERNOZEMS
noun
plural of chernozem
noun
A fertile black soil containing a very high percentage of humus (3% to 15%) and high percentages of phosphoric acids, phosphorus and ammonia.
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Word DNA
CHERNOZEMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHERNOZEM.
Line of descent
- Russian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
20th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (394)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHERNOZEM · 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.
CHERNOZEMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 176, 12 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHERNOZEMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHMNORSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CHERNO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHERNOZEMS?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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