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CHAINWORKS
Definition of CHAINWORKS
noun
A factory where chains are made.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From chain + works.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHAINWORK · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAINWORKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAINWORKS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHIKNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHAINW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHAINWORKS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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