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ROOKY
Definition of ROOKY
adjective
full of rooks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From rook + -y.
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.
ROOKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
ROOKY starts with R and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read KOORY - 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 ROOKY?
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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