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CINCHONA
Definition of CINCHONA
noun
A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin cinchona, from Spanish Chinchón. Named by Carl Linnaeus after Ana de Osorio, 4th Countess of Chinchón (1599–1625), the wife of the Spanish Viceroy of Peru, who was allegedly cured of a fever by the bark.
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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.
CINCHONA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CINCHONA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACCHINNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and N appear more than once.
Words that start CINCHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CINCHONA?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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