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CHOKINGLY
Definition of CHOKINGLY
adverb
While or as if choking, or in such a way as to cause one to choke.
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Where it comes from
From choking + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
CHOKINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHOKINGLY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CGHIKLNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found CHOKINGLY?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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