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QUAG
Definition of QUAG
noun
Quagmire; marsh; bog.
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Where it comes from
Uncertain. Most often suggested to be an alteration of Middle English quabbe (“a marsh, bog”), from Old English *cwabbe (“that which shakes or trembles, something soft and flabby”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwabbā (“soggy ground”); this is supported by 1590s attestations of quabmire for quagmire (other earlier variants are quamire, from the 1550s, and quavemire from the 1520s). It has alternatively been suggested to be related to quake, as quaggy ground quakes when trod. Compare typologically Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (see for more).
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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.
QUAG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 89 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
QUAG starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGQU - 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 QUAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUAG?
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