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QUACKSALVER
Definition of QUACKSALVER
noun
One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).
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.
QUACKSALVER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 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 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUACKSALVER starts with Q and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACEKLQRSUV - 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.
Words that start QUACKSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found QUACKSALVER?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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