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CHOLINE
Definition of CHOLINE
noun
A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH3)3NCH2CH2OHX. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). The chemical compound was first isolated by Adolph Strecker from pig and ox bile (hence the name) in 1862. It was also named neurine when chemically synthesized by Oscar Liebreich in 1865, until 1898 when shown to be identical to choline.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,094)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOLINE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHOLINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CHOLINE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEHILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHOLIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found CHOLINE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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