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UCHRONIA
Definition of UCHRONIA
noun
An idealized or fictional conception of a particular period of time, especially in the past.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French uchronie, formed after utopie (“utopia”), from Ancient Greek οὐ (ou, “not”) + Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.3%
of traced words share this origin (10,555)
branch · 12.3% 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.
UCHRONIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
UCHRONIA starts with U and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACHINORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found UCHRONIA?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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