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SPOOKING
Definition of SPOOKING
verb
present participle and gerund of spook
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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.
SPOOKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPOOKING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIKNOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPOOKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SPOOKING?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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