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CHAWS
Definition of CHAWS
noun
plural of chaw
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHAWS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHAWS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHSW - 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.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CHAWS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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