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SPOOKERY
Definition of SPOOKERY
noun
The condition of being spooky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spook + -ery.
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.
SPOOKERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPOOKERY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EKOOPRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SPOOKERY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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