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QIVIUT
Definition of QIVIUT
noun
The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
QIVIUT carries a second meaning.
noun
The soft wool lying beneath the long coat of the muskox, valued for its use as a fiber.
Where it comes from
From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ (qifioq, qifiot, “underwool”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Inuktitut
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
55th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (8)
branch · 0% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QIVIUT · 1 relative 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.
QIVIUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
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
QIVIUT starts with Q and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IIQTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QIVIUT?
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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