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QUAGMIRE
Definition of QUAGMIRE
noun
A swampy, soggy area of ground.
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Where it comes from
Recorded since 1579, from quag + mire. The sense “perilous, mixed up and troubled situation” has been recorded since 1775. Alternatively, the word may apparently be a variation of the earlier quakemire, from quake + mire. Compare typologically Bulgarian тресавище (tresavište), Polish trzęsawisko, Russian тряси́на (trjasína) (akin to трясти́ (trjastí)); зыбь (zybʹ), зыбу́н (zybún) (<… Proto-Slavic *zybь).
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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.
QUAGMIRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 292 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 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
QUAGMIRE starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGIMQRU - 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 QUAGMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
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