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BOOKLAND
Definition of BOOKLAND
noun
In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bocland, boclond, from Old English bōcland. By surface analysis, book + -land.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,217)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOOKLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 101 days.
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
BOOKLAND starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDKLNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOKLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found BOOKLAND?
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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