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JOOK
Definition of JOOK
verb
To dodge; to move quickly to avoid something or to hide; to dart away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. Compare duck (“to lower the head or body”) or jink (“to make an evasive turn”). Attested since the 16th century.
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.
JOOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
JOOK starts with J and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read JKOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JOOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JOOK?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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