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CHUG
Definition of CHUG
noun
A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive sound, as if made by a labouring engine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic, in imitation of a working steam engine. The racial slur sense derives from the stereotype of Native Americans chugging alcohol.
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.
CHUG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHUG starts with C and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CHUG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found CHUG?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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