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CHINKARA
Definition of CHINKARA
noun
Gazella bennettii, a species of gazelle found in India, Pakistan and Iran
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi चिकारा (cikārā).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (349)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHINKARA · 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.
CHINKARA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHINKARA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACHIKNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CHINKA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHINKARA?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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