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CHOPSTICKS
Definition of CHOPSTICKS
noun
plural of chopstick
CHOPSTICK
noun
An East Asian eating utensil typically used as a pair held in one hand to grip food items, mix liquids, or scoop food out of a bowl. The utensil is a stick, usually made of wood, and measuring approximately 23 cm (10 inches) in length.
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Word DNA
CHOPSTICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHOPSTICK.
Line of descent
- Chinese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (67)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOPSTICK · 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.
CHOPSTICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOPSTICKS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CCHIKOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and S appear more than once.
Words that start CHOPST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CHOPSTICKS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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