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CHINKLES
Definition of CHINKLES
noun
plural of chinkle
CHINKLE
noun
A turn or kink in a rope.
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Word DNA
CHINKLES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHINKLE.
How it is built
Same root, CHINKLE · 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.
CHINKLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHINKLES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHIKLNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHINKL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHINKLES?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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