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CHILIAGON
Definition of CHILIAGON
noun
A polygon with a thousand vertices and a thousand edges.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek χιλιάγωνος (khiliágōnos), from χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + γωνία (gōnía, “angle”). Equivalent to chilia- + -gon.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,702)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHILIAGON · 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.
CHILIAGON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CHILIAGON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIILNO - 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 CHILIAGON?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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