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CHECKROWING
Definition of CHECKROWING
verb
present participle and gerund of checkrow
CHECKROW
verb
To plant seeds at the intersections of a criss-cross pattern previously marked out on the ground.
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Word DNA
CHECKROWING inherits its ancestry from its root, CHECKROW.
How it is built
Same root, CHECKROW · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHECKROWING 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 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHECKROWING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CCEGHIKNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start CHECKRO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHECKROWING?
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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