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CHRISMATORY
Definition of CHRISMATORY
noun
Part of a church set aside for the rite of confirmation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English crismatorie, from Medieval Latin chrismatōrium, from chrisma, crisma (“chrism”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHRISMATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHRISMATORY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACHIMORRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start CHRISMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHRISMATORY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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