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CHIMNEY
Definition of CHIMNEY
noun
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English chymeneye, chymneye, chymene, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta, from Latin camīnus, from Ancient Greek κάμῑνος (kámīnos, “furnace”). Doublet of chimenea.
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.
CHIMNEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHIMNEY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHIMNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CHIMNEY?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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