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QUADRATIC
Definition of QUADRATIC
adjective
Square-shaped.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French quadratique (1765), from Latin quadrātus + -ique (English -ic), form of quadrō (“to make square”), from quādrus (“square”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres (“four”), whence also Latin quartus (“fourth”).
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.
QUADRATIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 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 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUADRATIC starts with Q and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACDIQRTU - 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 10
Could you have found QUADRATIC?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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