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CHAPKA
Definition of CHAPKA
noun
A type of hat worn by 19th-century Polish cavalry (and later some Napoleonic troops), consisting of a high, four-pointed cap with regimental insignia on the front, and now associated with Polish independence and nationalism.
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Where it comes from
From Polish czapka (“cap”) or Czech čapka (“cap”). Doublet of shapka.
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.
CHAPKA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAPKA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACHKP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHAPKA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHAPKA?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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