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CHOU
Definition of CHOU
noun
Choux pastry, usually in the form of a small round cake with a sweet filling.
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Where it comes from
From French chou (“cabbage”); compare French pâte à choux (“choux pastry”). Doublet of caulis, cole, and kale.
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.
CHOU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOU starts with C and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read CHOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CHOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CHOU?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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