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CHRYSOMELID
Definition of CHRYSOMELID
noun
Any leaf beetle of the family Chrysomelidae.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Chrysomelidae, from the type genus of Chrysomela, from the root word of Ancient Greek χρῡσόμηλον (khrūsómēlon).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHRYSOMELID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHRYSOMELID starts with C and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHILMORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHRYSOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CHRYSOMELID?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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