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CHILIS
Definition of CHILIS
noun
plural of chili
noun
The pungent, spicy fresh or dried fruit of any of several cultivated varieties of capsicum peppers, used in cooking.
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Word DNA
CHILIS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHILI.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
40th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (122)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHILI · 7 relatives 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.
CHILIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 72 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CHILIS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found CHILIS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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