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CHOWDERING
Definition of CHOWDERING
verb
present participle and gerund of chowder
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Word DNA
CHOWDERING inherits its ancestry from its root, CHOWDER.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHOWDER · 3 relatives 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.
CHOWDERING in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 137 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHOWDERING starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEGHINORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHOWDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found CHOWDERING?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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