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CHABUK
Definition of CHABUK
noun
A long whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in India and parts of the Middle East.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Hindustani چابک / चाबुक (cābuk), from Classical Persian چابک (čābuk, “quick, swift; horsewhip”). Doublet of sjambok.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHABUK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 46, 5 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHABUK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCHKU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHABUK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found CHABUK?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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