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CHUB
Definition of CHUB
noun
One of various species of freshwater fish of the Cyprinidae or carp family, especially: A European chub (Squalius cephalus, syn. Leuciscus cephalus) In Europe, its close relatives, notably the fallfish.
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Where it comes from
From chub (“short, thick fish species used as bait"; used metaphorically since 1558 for "lazy person”), from Middle English chubbe (“chub (the river fish)”), recorded since c.1450, probably an assibilated form of cub (“a lump, heap, mass”) and cob, from Middle English *cubbe (found only in derivative cubbel (“a block to which an animal is tethered”)), from Old Norse kubbr, kumbr (“block, stump, log”) and/or Old Norse kumben (“stumpy”), see kobbi. Cognate with Icelandic kubbur (“block, cube”), Norwegian kubb, kubbe (“block, stump, log”), Swedish kubb (“block, log”), and perhaps to Icelandic kubba (“to hew, chop, lop”) and Russian кубышка (kubyška). More at cob, kibble.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CHUB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
CHUB starts with C and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BCHU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHUB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found CHUB?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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