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CHIEFTAIN
Definition of CHIEFTAIN
noun
A leader of a clan or tribe.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cheveteyn, cheftayne, from Old French chevetaine, from Late Latin capitaneus (English captain), from Latin caput (“head”), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput- (English head), itself from Proto-Indo-European *kap-. Doublet of captain; related to chief.
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.
CHIEFTAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHIEFTAIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEFHIINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CHIEFT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CHIEFTAIN?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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