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CHILTEPIN
Definition of CHILTEPIN
noun
A wild chile pepper variety, Capsicum annuum var. glabriusculum, found in Mexico and the southwestern US.
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Where it comes from
From Nahuatl; the first element is chilli (“pepper”), the second is tecpin (“flea”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Nahuatl
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (120)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHILTEPIN · 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.
CHILTEPIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 96, 24 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHILTEPIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEHIILNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found CHILTEPIN?
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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