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Yesterday's Etymon, #2: here is each language's etymon, the word that used all seven letters, and where it comes from (from Wiktionary).

English: L A C E H I R

✦ CHARLIE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. [More](/word/charlie)

All 46 words (184 points): aerial, call, caller, cell, cellar, cereal, chalice, charlie, chili, chill, circle, clear, clearer, cleric, clerical, cliche, earl, earlier, eclair, hail, halal, hale, hall, heal, healer, heel, hell, hill, icicle, lace, lair, leach, lecher, leech, liar, lice, lilac, lira, lire, racial, rail, real, recall, reel, relic, rile.

Español: L A B H I T U

✦ HABITUAL: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More

All 25 words (98 points): alba, allá, allí, alta, aula, baila, bailaba, bala, batalla, baúl, biblia, hábil, habitual, habla, hablaba, hala, hall, halla, labial, lata, libia, lila, tabla, talla, útil.

Français: U C E I N O R

✦ NOIRCEUR: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More

✦ NOURRICE: its history isn't in the dictionary yet. More

All 55 words (314 points): cocu, concourir, conçu, conçue, concurrence, connu, connue, cour, coureur, courir, couronne, couronner, courrier, couru, crue, cuir, cuire, cure, écurie, ennui, ennuie, erreur, inconnu, inconnue, noirceur, nouer, nourri, nourrice, nourrie, nourrir, nuire, occurrence, ouïe, reconnu, reconnue, recourir, recrue, reçu, reçue, renouer, réuni, réunie, réunion, réunir, roue, ruée, ruiné, ruinée, ruiner, unie, union, unir, urine, uriner, urne.

Which did you find, and which got away? Today's letters are waiting: [play Etymon #3](/games/etymon).

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