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CHOREGUS
Definition of CHOREGUS
noun
The leader of a chorus in Ancient Greece
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek χορηγός (khorēgós).
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 (3,666)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOREGUS · 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.
CHOREGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 97, 25 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CHOREGUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEGHORSU - 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 CHOREG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOREGUS?
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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