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QOPH

/kɒf/4 letters

Definition of QOPH

noun

The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

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Other senses

QOPH carries 2 further meanings.

  1. noun

    The 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

  2. noun

    the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Where it comes from

From Hebrew קוֹף (qōf).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Hebrew
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Hebrew

Deepest traced root

17th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.7%

of traced words share this origin (561)

Semitic

branch · 2.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, QOPH · 3 relatives in the game

Every Hebrew word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

QOPH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 126 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 168
Its 12 boards, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
38
First board
150
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

notacat

on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

QOPH
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

QOPH starts with Q and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HOPQ - 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 QOPH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found QOPH?

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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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

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