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AQUA
Definition of AQUA
noun
The compound water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo.
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.
AQUA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AQUA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start AQUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found AQUA?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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