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SALTCHUCK
Definition of SALTCHUCK
noun
Any body of saltwater, especially the ocean.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Chinook Jargon saltchuck (“the sea”, literally “saltwater”), from salt (“salt”) (from English salt) + chuck (“water”) from Nootka č̕aʔak (“water”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SALTCHUCK · 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.
SALTCHUCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SALTCHUCK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACCHKLSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C appears more than once.
Words that start SALTCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SALTCHUCK?
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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