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CHILDE
Definition of CHILDE
noun
Obsolete form of child.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old English ċild.
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.
CHILDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHILDE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEHIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHILDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found CHILDE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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