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CHERVIL
Definition of CHERVIL
noun
A leafy herb, Anthriscus cerefolium, resembling parsley.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chervell, from Old English cerfille, from Anglo-Norman chervele (compare Jèrriais chèrfi), from Latin caerefolium, from Ancient Greek χαιρέφυλλον (khairéphullon).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHERVIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHERVIL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CEHILRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CHERVIL?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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