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QOPHS
Definition of QOPHS
noun
plural of qoph
noun
The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
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Another sense
QOPHS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of qoph.
Word DNA
QOPHS inherits its ancestry from its root, QOPH.
Line of descent
- Hebrew
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (156)
branch · 1.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QOPH · 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.
QOPHS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 83 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 15 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
QOPHS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HOPQS - 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QOPHS?
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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