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CONQUISTADOR
Definition of CONQUISTADOR
noun
A conqueror, but especially one of the Spanish soldiers that invaded Central and South America otherwise known as the doorways to the new world, in the 16th century and defeated the Incas and Aztecs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish conquistador.
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.
CONQUISTADOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 101 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CONQUISTADOR starts with C and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACDINOOQRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CONQUIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CONQUISTADOR?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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