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CHONDRULE
Definition of CHONDRULE
noun
A small, round granule, formed from molten rock, found in chondritic meteorites.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A diminutive from Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain”), in imitation of granule. By surface analysis, chondr- + -ule.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,608)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHONDRULE · 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.
CHONDRULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHONDRULE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEHLNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHONDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHONDRULE?
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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