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CHERUBS
Definition of CHERUBS
noun
plural of cherub
noun
A winged creature attending God and guarding his throne described as a being with four faces (man, lion, ox, and eagle), human hands, calf hooves, four wings, and many eyes. A description can be found in Ezekiel chapter 1 and Ezekiel chapter 10; similar to a lamassu (winged bull with a human torso) in the pre-exilic texts of the Hebrew Bible, more humanoid in later texts.
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Where it comes from
Hebrew כרוב (“cherub”) + English -s plural suffix
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hebrew
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (169)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHERUB · 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.
CHERUBS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHERUBS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEHRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHERUB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CHERUBS?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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