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CHROMATICISMS

13 letters

Definition of CHROMATICISMS

noun

plural of chromaticism

CHROMATICISM

noun

the quality or state of being chromatic

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Word DNA

CHROMATICISMS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHROMATIC.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Ancient Greek
  3. Latin
  4. French
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (11,554)

How it is built

nouncompound-tic

Same root, CHROMATIC · 5 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHROMATICISMS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 162
Its one board, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
22
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.

First ever to find it

lasrasoror

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHROMATICISMS
13
Letters
4
Vowels
9
Consonants
9
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHROMATICISMS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCHIIMMORSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C, M, I and S appear more than once.

Words that start CHROMATIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CHROMATICISMS?

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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