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CHIEFDOMS
Definition of CHIEFDOMS
noun
plural of chiefdom
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Word DNA
CHIEFDOMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHIEF.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, CHIEF · 13 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHIEFDOMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 178, 14 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CHIEFDOMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDEFHIMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found CHIEFDOMS?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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