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CHOCKING
Definition of CHOCKING
verb
present participle and gerund of chock
noun
Any object used as a wedge or filler, especially when placed behind a wheel to prevent it from rolling.
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Word DNA
CHOCKING inherits its ancestry from its root, CHOCK.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.4%
of traced words share this origin (970)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOCK · 4 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.
CHOCKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOCKING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CCGHIKNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Could you have found CHOCKING?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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