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CHINA
Definition of CHINA
noun
Synonym of porcelain, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From clippings of attributive use of China, q.v., the country in East Asia. In reference to porcelain and porcelain objects, via clipping of chinaware and via this sense of Persian چینی (čīnī / čini) in Persia and India, which influenced the pronunciation (see below). In reference to medicine, via clipping of China root. In reference to flowers, via clipping of China rose. In reference to tea, via clipping of China tea. In Cockney slang, a clipping of china plate as a rhyme of mate (“friend”). In reference to drum cymbals, a clipping of China cymbal and as a genericization of a kind of Zildjian-brand cymbal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Persian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (477)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHINA · 2 relatives 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.
CHINA in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHINA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACHIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHINA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHINA?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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