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CHUMMIES
Definition of CHUMMIES
noun
plural of chummy
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Word DNA
CHUMMIES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHUM.
Line of descent
- Welsh
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
34th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (149)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHUM · 13 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.
CHUMMIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHUMMIES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMMSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CHUMMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHUMMIES?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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