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ROOKED
Definition of ROOKED
verb
simple past and past participle of rook
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ROOKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ROOKED starts with R and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found ROOKED?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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