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CHOCOLATE
Definition of CHOCOLATE
noun
A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl chocolātl, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (52)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOCOLATE · 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.
CHOCOLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 131, 28 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CHOCOLATE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACCEHLOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and O appear more than once.
Words that start CHOCOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOCOLATE?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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