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BOOKS
Definition of BOOKS
noun
plural of book
noun
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
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Word DNA
BOOKS 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 (3,724)
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.
BOOKS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BOOKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BKOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BOOKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOOKS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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