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CHOLLA
Definition of CHOLLA
noun
Any of several species of cactus in the genus Cylindropuntia, having very spiny, cylindrical stem segments.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a Mexican Spanish use of Spanish cholla (“head, skull”). Compare keel.
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.
CHOLLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOLLA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACHLLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CHOLLA?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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