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COOKWARE
Definition of COOKWARE
noun
The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking
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Where it comes from
From cook + -ware.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, COOK · 10 relatives 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.
COOKWARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 149, 16 October 2026.
Built from these letters
COOKWARE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEKOORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found COOKWARE?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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