The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PIQUETS
Definition of PIQUETS
noun
plural of piquet
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
PIQUETS 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 (4,297)
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.
PIQUETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIQUETS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIPQSTU - 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.
Words that start PIQUET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found PIQUETS?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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