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CHORIZOS
Definition of CHORIZOS
noun
plural of chorizo
noun
A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.
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Word DNA
CHORIZOS inherits its ancestry from its root, CHORIZO.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (926)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHORIZO · 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.
CHORIZOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHORIZOS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CHIOORSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CHORIZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found CHORIZOS?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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