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CHERTS
Definition of CHERTS
noun
plural of chert
noun
Massive, usually dull-colored and opaque, quartzite, hornstone, impure chalcedony, or other flint-like mineral.
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Word DNA
CHERTS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHERT.
How it is built
Same root, CHERT · 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.
CHERTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 44 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHERTS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found CHERTS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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