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CHOKEBORE
Definition of CHOKEBORE
noun
In a shotgun, a bore which is tapered to a slightly smaller diameter at a short distance to the rear of the muzzle, in order to prevent the rapid dispersion of the shot.
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Where it comes from
From choke + bore.
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.
CHOKEBORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
CHOKEBORE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start CHOKEB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOKEBORE?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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