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COOKMAIDS
Definition of COOKMAIDS
noun
plural of cookmaid
COOKMAID
noun
A female servant who assists the cook.
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Word DNA
COOKMAIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, COOKMAID.
How it is built
Same root, COOKMAID · 1 relative 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.
COOKMAIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
COOKMAIDS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDIKMOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start COOKMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COOKMAIDS?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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