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CHILIADS
Definition of CHILIADS
noun
plural of chiliad
noun
A group of 1000 things, particularly Synonym of chiliarchy: a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch. Synonym of millennium: a period of 1000 years.
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Word DNA
CHILIADS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHILIAD.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- Latin
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHILIAD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHILIADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHILIADS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CHILIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHILIADS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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