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CHURCH
Definition of CHURCH
noun
A Christian house of worship; a building where Christian religious services take place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English chirche, from Old English ċiriċe (“church”), from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā, an early borrowing of Ancient Greek κυριακόν (kuriakón), neuter form of κυριακός (kuriakós, “belonging to the lord”), from κύριος (kúrios, “ruler, lord”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell, spread out, be strong, prevail”). Doublet of kirk.
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.
CHURCH in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHURCH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CCHHRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and H appear more than once.
Words that start CHURCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHURCH?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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