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CHURRO
Definition of CHURRO
noun
A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish churro.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (925)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CHURRO · 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.
CHURRO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CHURRO starts with C and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CHORRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found CHURRO?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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