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CHELPS
Definition of CHELPS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of chelp
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Word DNA
CHELPS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHELP.
How it is built
Same root, CHELP · 3 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.
CHELPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHELPS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHLPS - 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 CHELPS?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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