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CHIVALROUS
Definition of CHIVALROUS
adjective
Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (836)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
CHIVALROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 59 boards so far. 339 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHIVALROUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHILORSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHIVAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CHIVALROUS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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