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CHROMATID
Definition of CHROMATID
noun
After DNA replication, either of the two connected double-helix strands of a metaphase chromosome that separate during mitosis.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”) + English -id.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHROMATID · 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.
CHROMATID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHROMATID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDHIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHROMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found CHROMATID?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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