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CHILD
Definition of CHILD
noun
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English child, from Old English ċild, from Proto-West Germanic *kilþ, *kelþ, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵelt- (“womb”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up, amass”). Cognate with Danish kuld (“brood, litter”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Icelandic kelta, kjalta (“lap”), Gothic 𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (kilþei, “womb”), Sanskrit जर्त (jarta), जर्तु (jártu, “vulva”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHILD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHILD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDHIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHILD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CHILD?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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