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CHILDLY
Definition of CHILDLY
adjective
Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English childly, childlich, childli, from Old English ċildlīċ (“childly, childlish”), equivalent to child + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,168)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHILDLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 173, 9 November 2026.
Built from these letters
CHILDLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CDHILLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start CHILDL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHILDLY?
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 173 - and most players walked straight past it.
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