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CHAWINGS
Definition of CHAWINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for CHAWINGS itself. This is its base word, CHAW.
noun
That which is chewed.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CHAW.
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”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
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.
CHAWINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAWINGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found CHAWINGS?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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