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CHIMAERA
Definition of CHIMAERA
noun
Alternative spelling of chimera.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Chimera, a supposed monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or serpent, killed by the hero Bellerophon.
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Where it comes from
A variant of chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHIMAERA · 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.
CHIMAERA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHIMAERA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEHIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CHIMAE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found CHIMAERA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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