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CHORE
Definition of CHORE
noun
A task, especially a regularly needed task for the upkeep of a home or similar, such as housecleaning or preparing meals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From earlier char, from Middle English charr, charre, cherre (“odd job, turn, occasion, business”), from Old English ċerr, ċierr (“a turn”), from ċierran (“to turn”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“time; turn; occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn; bend; wind; back-flip; u-turn”). Also related to Saterland Frisian kiere, käire (“to turn”), Old Saxon kērian, Old High German chēran (“to turn”) (German kehren (“to turn”), Dutch keren (“to turn”)). See also char.
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.
CHORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHORE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHORE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found CHORE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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