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CHORD
Definition of CHORD
noun
A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.
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Where it comes from
Variant of cord, with spelling alteration due to Latin chorda (“cord”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”). No relation to French accord (“chord”) and its derivations. Doublet of cuerda.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHORD starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHORD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CHORD?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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