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CHECKREIN
Definition of CHECKREIN
noun
A strap used to keep horses' heads high, fashionable in Victorian England but painful and damaging to horses' necks.
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Where it comes from
From check + rein.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHECKREIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 137, 4 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CHECKREIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CCEEHIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and E appear more than once.
Words that start CHECKR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHECKREIN?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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