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CHEROOTS
Definition of CHEROOTS
noun
plural of cheroot
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Word DNA
CHEROOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHEROOT.
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (107)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHEROOT · 1 relative 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.
CHEROOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHEROOTS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CHEROOTS?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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