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QUAGS
Definition of QUAGS
noun
plural of quag
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Word DNA
QUAGS inherits its ancestry from its root, QUAG.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (914)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUAG · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Russian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUAGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUAGS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGQSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found QUAGS?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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