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CHINTS
Definition of CHINTS
noun
Obsolete form of chintz (“fabric”).
noun
A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHINTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 95, 23 August 2026.
Built from these letters
CHINTS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHINTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHINTS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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