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COOKERY
Definition of COOKERY
noun
The art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English cokerie, kokery, equivalent to cook + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COOKERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
COOKERY starts with C and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEKOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COOKER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found COOKERY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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