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QUADRAT
Definition of QUADRAT
noun
An area of land, marked for studying its plants, animals, soil, natural processes, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrate and of etymology 2 below.
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.
QUADRAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 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 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUADRAT starts with Q and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AADQRTU - 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 QUADRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found QUADRAT?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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