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QUALIFY
Definition of QUALIFY
verb
To describe or characterize something by listing its qualities.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French qualifier (“to qualify”). Equivalent to quality + -fy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUALIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUALIFY starts with Q and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFILQUY - 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 QUALIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUALIFY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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