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QADIS
Definition of QADIS
noun
plural of qadi
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Another sense
QADIS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of qadi.
Word DNA
QADIS inherits its ancestry from its root, QADI.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (394)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QADI · 1 relative in the game
QADIS in a sentence
“Religious courts and their judges (qadis) might handle issues dealing with marriage, divorce, child custody, inheritance, religious education, charitable or religious property (Waqf), or family matters.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QADIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 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
QADIS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADIQS - 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QADIS?
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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