The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BOOKENDS
Definition of BOOKENDS
noun
plural of bookend
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Poker sense: because the cards are the first and last in a top straight.
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.
BOOKENDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOOKENDS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDEKNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found BOOKENDS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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