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BOOKISH
Definition of BOOKISH
adjective
Fond of reading or studying, especially said of someone lacking social skills as a result.
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Where it comes from
From book + -ish.
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.
BOOKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BOOKISH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHIKOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOKIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found BOOKISH?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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