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CHONDRUS

8 letters

Definition of CHONDRUS

noun

Synonym of chondrule.

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Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros). By surface analysis, chondr- + Latin -us.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,660)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-uschondr-

Its etymology also names Latin.

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHONDRUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 144
Its 5 boards, across 144 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
72
First board
139
Latest board
47
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

ourboldheroPATRON

on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHONDRUS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHONDRUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CDHNORSU - 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 CHONDRUS?

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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