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CHYME
Definition of CHYME
noun
The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
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Other senses
CHYME carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Food as it passes out of the stomach after gastric digestion, and before it has been acted on by the pancreatic, hepatic, and intestinal secretions.
An obsolete form of chime.
noun
The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See chyle.
noun
a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum
Where it comes from
From Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,724)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHYME · 1 relative 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.
CHYME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 53 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHYME starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CHYME?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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