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CHOKE
Definition of CHOKE
verb
To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), koka (“to gulp”). See also achoke.
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.
CHOKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOKE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHKO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOKE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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