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CHOOKING
Definition of CHOOKING
Wiktionary has no entry for CHOOKING itself. This is its base word, CHOOK.
noun
A chicken, especially a hen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CHOOK.
From Irish English chuck (call made to poultry or pigs), from Irish tsiug, tsiuc. Compare English buck buck.
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.
CHOOKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 78, 6 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOOKING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHIKNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CHOOKING?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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