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QUALIFIER
Definition of QUALIFIER
noun
One who qualifies for something, especially a contestant who qualifies for a stage in a competition.
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Where it comes from
From qualify + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, QUALIFY · 4 relatives 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.
QUALIFIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 62 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. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUALIFIER starts with Q and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFIILQRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUALIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found QUALIFIER?
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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