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QUADRIPLEGIA
Definition of QUADRIPLEGIA
noun
Paralysis from the neck down.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From quadri- (“four”) + -plegia, from Ancient Greek πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”); probably patterned after paraplegia.
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.
QUADRIPLEGIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 60, 19 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUADRIPLEGIA starts with Q and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADEGIILPQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUADRIPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found QUADRIPLEGIA?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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