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CHILDLIKE

/ˈt͡ʃaɪldlaɪk/9 letters

Definition of CHILDLIKE

adjective

Innocent and trustful; credulous; artless.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From child + -like.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHILDLIKE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

catmom1

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHILDLIKE
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHILDLIKE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEHIIKLL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and L appear more than once.

Words that start CHILDL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CHILDLYCHILDLESSCHILDLIERCHILDLIESTCHILDLESSNESSCHILDLIKENESSCHILDLESSNESSESCHILDLIKENESSES

Could you have found CHILDLIKE?

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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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