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BOOTLICKINGS
Definition of BOOTLICKINGS
noun
plural of bootlicking
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Word DNA
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.
BOOTLICKINGS 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 20 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
BOOTLICKINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCGIIKLNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BOOTLICK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOOTLICKINGS?
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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