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BOOTIKIN
Definition of BOOTIKIN
noun
A small boot or gaiter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From boot + -ikin.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BOOT · 16 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOOTIKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOTIKIN starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BIIKNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BOOTIKIN?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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