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CHOKES
Definition of CHOKES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
CHOKES inherits its ancestry from its root, CHOKE.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,038)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOKE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHOKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 108, 5 September 2026.
Built from these letters
CHOKES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEHKOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CHOKES?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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