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CHROMATIC
Definition of CHROMATIC
adjective
Uses relating to colour Characterized or caused by, or relating to, colour or hue.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French chromatique (“chromatic”) or directly from its etymon Latin chrōmaticus, from Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós, “relating to colour; one of the three types of tetrachord in Greek music”), from χρῶμα (khrôma, “colour; pigment; chromatic scale in music; music”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to grind; to rub; to stroke; to remove”), perhaps in the sense of the grinding of pigments) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, suffix forming adjectives); analysable as chroma + -tic.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,470)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHROMATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHROMATIC starts with C and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACCHIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHROMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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