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CHOLERICS
Definition of CHOLERICS
noun
plural of choleric
adjective
Senses relating to choler or yellow bile (“one of the four humours formerly believed to be secreted by the liver”). Of or relating to choler. Of a person: having an excess of choler, and thus having a tendency to become angry easily; also, of a person's complexion or temperament: dominated by choler.
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Word DNA
CHOLERICS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHOLERIC.
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, CHOLERIC · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHOLERICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOLERICS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCEHILORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHOLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOLERICS?
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