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CHOKEBORES
Definition of CHOKEBORES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHOKEBORES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CHOKEBORES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHKOORS - 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.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found CHOKEBORES?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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