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COOKIE
Definition of COOKIE
noun
A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie.
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.
COOKIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COOKIE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIKOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found COOKIE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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