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CHAINWHEEL
Definition of CHAINWHEEL
noun
Synonym of chainring (“bicycle part”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chain + wheel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
CHAINWHEEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
Built from these letters
CHAINWHEEL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEEHHILNW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CHAINW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHAINWHEEL?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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