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CHOANA
Definition of CHOANA
noun
A funnel; a funnel-shaped opening.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowing from New Latin choana, from Ancient Greek χοᾰ́νη (khoắnē, “funnel”), from χέω (khéō, “to pour”) + -ᾰ́νη (-ắnē, suffix for utensil names).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHOANA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOANA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACHNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found CHOANA?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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