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CHOROID
Definition of CHOROID
adjective
Resembling the chorion, particularly in containing many blood vessels.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin choroides, from Ancient Greek χοροειδής (khoroeidḗs, alteration of χοριοειδής (khorioeidḗs, “like the afterbirth”)), from χόριον (khórion, “membrane that encloses the fetus in the womb, afterbirth”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-like”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHOROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 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 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOROID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDHIOOR - 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 CHOROI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found CHOROID?
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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