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QANAT
Definition of QANAT
noun
An underground conduit, between vertical shafts, that leads water from the interior of a hill to villages in the valley
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Classical Persian قنات (qanāt), from Arabic قَنَاة (qanāh).
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.
QANAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 64 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 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QANAT starts with Q and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AANQT - 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.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QANAT?
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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