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QUAESTOR
Definition of QUAESTOR
noun
An ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
QUAESTOR carries a second meaning.
noun
Any of various public officials in ancient Rome responsible for finance and administration in various areas of government and the military.
Where it comes from
From Middle English questor, from Latin quaestor, from an old participle form of quaerō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUAESTOR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUAESTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUAESTOR starts with Q and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEOQRSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start QUAEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUAESTOR?
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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