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CHAW
Definition of CHAW
noun
That which is chewed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
An unexplained variation of chewen (“to chew”). First attested in the sixteenth century. See chew for more. Cognate with Middle Dutch cauwen ("to chew"; whence Dutch kauwen), obsolete Dutch kauw (“the act of chewing, that which is chewed, chewed mass, wad of tobacco”), Middle Low German kauwen, kauen (“to chew”). Compare also Old English ġecow (“that which is chewed, food”) and *ġeċēaw (“chewing”), whence Middle English icheu (“gnawing, biting”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHAW · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Middle English, Middle Low German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 57 boards so far. 159 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHAW starts with C and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ACHW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHAW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found CHAW?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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