The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
QUADRIC
Definition of QUADRIC
noun
A surface or curve whose shape is defined in terms of a quadratic equation.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUADRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 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 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
QUADRIC starts with Q and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACDIQRU - 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 QUADRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUADRIC?
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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