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CHESTS

/t͡ʃɛsts/6 letters

Definition of CHESTS

noun

plural of chest

CHEST

noun

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

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Word DNA

CHESTS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHEST.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. German
  4. Old English
  5. Middle English
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,240)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, CHEST · 11 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

CHESTS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 166
Its one board, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
26
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

stinkypuppy

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CHESTS
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CHESTS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Could you have found CHESTS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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