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CINCHONAS
Definition of CINCHONAS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
CINCHONAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CINCHONA.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (436)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CINCHONA · 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.
CINCHONAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
CINCHONAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCHINNOS - 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 CINCHONAS?
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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