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QUAKE
Definition of QUAKE
noun
A trembling or shaking.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).
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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.
QUAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUAKE starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEKQU - 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
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start QUAKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUAKE?
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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