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CHURLY
Definition of CHURLY
adjective
rude; churlish; violent
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
CHURLY carries a second meaning.
Churlish.
Where it comes from
From Middle English cherly, cherlich, cherllich, charlyche, equivalent to churl + -ly, but often interpreted as churl + -y. Compare English churlish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% 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.
CHURLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHURLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHLRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of CHURLY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Could you have found CHURLY?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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