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CHIC
Definition of CHIC
adjective
Elegant, stylish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French chic (“elegant”), which in turn is probably borrowed from German Schick (“elegant appearance; tasteful presentation”). The word is akin to Dutch schielijk (“hasty”), schikken (“to arrange”) and Old English sċēon (“to happen”).
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.
CHIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCHI - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHIC?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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