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CHORIAMBI
Definition of CHORIAMBI
noun
plural of choriambus
noun
A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
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Word DNA
CHORIAMBI inherits its ancestry from its root, CHORIAMBUS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHORIAMBUS · 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.
CHORIAMBI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHORIAMBI starts with C and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ABCHIIMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start CHORIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found CHORIAMBI?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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