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CHEEKFULS

9 letters

Definition of CHEEKFULS

noun

plural of cheekful

CHEEKFUL

noun

A partial mouthful, enough to fill one's cheek.

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Word DNA

CHEEKFULS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHEEK.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Proto-Germanic
  3. Old English
  4. Middle English
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,259)

How it is built

noun

Same root, CHEEK · 9 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, Norwegian, Old Norse, Swedish.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHEEKFULS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its 2 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
153
First board
156
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

psionic_pincers

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHEEKFULS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

CHEEKFULS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEFHKLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start CHEEKF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found CHEEKFULS?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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