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CHROMINGS
Definition of CHROMINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for CHROMINGS itself. This is its base word, CHROME.
noun
Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CHROME.
Borrowed from French chrome.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,111)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHROMINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
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
CHROMINGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CGHIMNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHROMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found CHROMINGS?
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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