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CHIROGNOMY
Definition of CHIROGNOMY
noun
The art of judging character by the shape and appearance of the hand.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chiro- (“hand”) + -gnomy, from physiognomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHIROGNOMY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First ever to find it
prettygoodbakerSUPPORTERContributor
on Day 119, 16 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHIROGNOMY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGHIMNOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start CHIROG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found CHIROGNOMY?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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