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CHROMAKEY
Definition of CHROMAKEY
noun
The use of a particular color, usually either green or blue) as a key in a studio in order to allow one image to be seamlessly partially superimposed upon another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chroma + key.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHROMAKEY · 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.
CHROMAKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHROMAKEY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACEHKMORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHROMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found CHROMAKEY?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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