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BOOKIE
Definition of BOOKIE
noun
A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.
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Where it comes from
Clipping of bookmaker + -ie.
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.
BOOKIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 66, 25 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BOOKIE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEIKOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOKIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BOOKIE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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