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CHEQUIEST
Definition of CHEQUIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for CHEQUIEST itself. This is its base word, CHEQUY.
adjective
Chequered; divided into small squares (chequers) by transverse vertical and horizontal lines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CHEQUY.
From Anglo-Norman escheké, eschequé (“chequered”), from eschec (“chess, check”). Influenced by chequ(er) + -y and check.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (294)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
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.
CHEQUIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHEQUIEST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEHIQSTU - 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.
Could you have found CHEQUIEST?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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