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CHYRON

/ˈkaɪɹɒn/6 letters

Definition of CHYRON

noun

A set of graphics or words at the bottom of a television screen, sometimes unrelated to the current viewing content.

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Another sense

CHYRON carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    Graphics or words at the bottom of a TV screen usually unrelated to the current viewing content.

Where it comes from

Genericization of the trademark Chyron, from Chiron (“centaur of Greek mythology”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, CHYRON · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

CHYRON in a sentence

“I was on The O'Reilly Factor, they put my professional title (called a chyron in the bizz) as simply FEMINIST.”

feminist blogs, 2010

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHYRON in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 42 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
42
Boards found on
20
First board
147
Latest board
32
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

unbeliever

on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHYRON
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHYRON starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CHNORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start CHYRON

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CHYRONSCHYRONED

Could you have found CHYRON?

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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.

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