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CHISELS
Definition of CHISELS
noun
plural of chisel
noun
A cutting tool used to remove parts of stone, wood or metal by pushing or pounding the back when the sharp edge is against the material. It consists of a slim, oblong block of metal with a sharp wedge or bevel formed on one end and sometimes a handle at the other end; there are hand tool versions (the original type) and versions as bits for power tools.
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Word DNA
CHISELS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHISEL.
Line of descent
- Latin
- French
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHISEL · 7 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.
CHISELS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHISELS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHILSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
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 CHISEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHISELS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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