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CHOPS
Definition of CHOPS
noun
plural of chop
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the plural of chop (“jaw, side of a harbour”). The jazz slang sense “musical ability” is a reference to the use of the lips to blow instruments.
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.
CHOPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHOPS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHOPS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found CHOPS?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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