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ANTIQUE
Definition of ANTIQUE
adjective
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French antique (“ancient, old”), from Latin antiquus (“former, earlier, ancient, old”), from ante (“before”); see ante-. Doublet of antic.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANTIQUE · 6 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.
ANTIQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ANTIQUE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEINQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ANTIQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found ANTIQUE?
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