The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOOKEND
Definition of BOOKEND
noun
A heavy object or moveable support placed at one or both ends of a row of books for the purpose of keeping them upright.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From book + end.
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.
BOOKEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOOKEND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDEKNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BOOKEND?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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