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COOK
Definition of COOK
noun
A person who prepares food.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cook, from Old English cōc (“a cook”), from Latin cocus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Cognate with Cimbrian khoch (“cook”), Dutch kok (“cook”), German Koch (“cook”), Luxembourgish Kach (“cook”), Danish kok (“cook”), Icelandic kokkur (“cook”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk kokk (“cook”), Swedish kock (“cook”). Also compare Proto-West Germanic *kokōn (“to cook”) (whence North Frisian kööge, kööki (“to cook, boil”), West Frisian koaitsje (“to cook”), Cimbrian khochan, khòchan (“to cook”), Dutch koken (“to cook”), German kochen (“to cook”), Limburgish kaoke, kauche (“to cook”), Luxembourgish kachen (“to cook”), Vilamovian kocha, koha (“to cook”), Yiddish קאָכן (kokhn, “to cook”)), from Late Latin cocō (“to cook”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COOK starts with C and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CKOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found COOK?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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