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CHROMAKEYS
Definition of CHROMAKEYS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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.
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Word DNA
CHROMAKEYS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHROMAKEY.
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.
CHROMAKEYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHROMAKEYS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHKMORSY - 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.
Could you have found CHROMAKEYS?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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