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CHEQUER
Definition of CHEQUER
noun
The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See checker. (fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHEQUER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHEQUER starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEHQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CHEQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found CHEQUER?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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