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PICQUETED
Definition of PICQUETED
verb
simple past and past participle of picquet
PIQUET · via picquet
noun
A game of cards for two people, with thirty-two cards, all the deuces, threes, fours, fives, and sixes being set aside.
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Word DNA
PICQUETED inherits its ancestry from its root, PIQUET.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,388)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIQUET · 5 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.
PICQUETED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PICQUETED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEIPQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PICQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PICQUETED?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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