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CHLAMYSES
Definition of CHLAMYSES
noun
plural of chlamys
noun
A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
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Word DNA
CHLAMYSES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHLAMYS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHLAMYS · 2 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.
CHLAMYSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
Built from these letters
CHLAMYSES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLMSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start CHLAMY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHLAMYSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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