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CHOLIAMB
Definition of CHOLIAMB
noun
A limping iamb.
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Where it comes from
From Latin choliambus, from Ancient Greek χωλίαμβος (khōlíambos).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,477)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOLIAMB · 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.
CHOLIAMB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOLIAMB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read ABCHILMO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHOLIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOLIAMB?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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