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SOOKED
Definition of SOOKED
verb
simple past and past participle of sook
SUCK · via sook
noun
An instance of drawing something into one's lungs by inhaling or into one's mouth by suction.
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Word DNA
SOOKED inherits its ancestry from its root, SOOK.
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,890)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SOOK · 4 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.
SOOKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 133, 30 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SOOKED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SOOKED?
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 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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