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QIVIUTS
Definition of QIVIUTS
Wiktionary has no entry for QIVIUTS itself. This is its base word, QIVIUT.
noun
The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for QIVIUT.
From Eastern Canadian Inuktitut ᕿᕕᐅᖅ, ᕿᕕᐅᑦ (qifioq, qifiot, “underwool”).
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.
QIVIUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
QIVIUTS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IIQSTUV - 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 40
Could you have found QIVIUTS?
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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