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BOOKIEST
Definition of BOOKIEST
adjective
superlative form of booky: most booky
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Word DNA
BOOKIEST inherits its ancestry from its root, BOOK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,696)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOOK · 17 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish, Yiddish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOOKIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOKIEST starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEIKOOST - 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 47
Could you have found BOOKIEST?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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