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CHRYSALISES
Definition of CHRYSALISES
noun
plural of chrysalis
noun
A butterfly pupa or the pupal stage of the butterfly lifestyle; any pupal stage of any insect wherein the pupa is largely inactive and takes no food.
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Word DNA
CHRYSALISES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHRYSALIS.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHRYSALIS · 6 relatives 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.
CHRYSALISES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHRYSALISES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEHILRSSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start CHRYSAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHRYSALISES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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