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CHIMED
Definition of CHIMED
verb
simple past and past participle of chime
noun
A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHIM · 4 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.
CHIMED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHIMED starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHIM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 22
Could you have found CHIMED?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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