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CHORIONS
Definition of CHORIONS
noun
plural of chorion
noun
The protective and nutritive membrane in higher vertebrates that attaches the fetus to the uterus.
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Word DNA
CHORIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHORION.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,104)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHORION · 3 relatives 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.
CHORIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHORIONS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHINOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHORIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHORIONS?
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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