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CHINKAPINS
Definition of CHINKAPINS
noun
plural of chinkapin
CHINQUAPIN · via chinkapin
noun
Any of certain species of tree in the chestnut genus Castanea: Allegheny chinkapin (Castanea pumila) Ozark chinkapin (Castanea ozarkensis) Chinese chinkapin (Castanea henryi)
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, CHINKAPIN · 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.
CHINKAPINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHINKAPINS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHIIKNNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and N appear more than once.
Words that start CHINKA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHINKAPINS?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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