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QUANDARIES
Definition of QUANDARIES
noun
plural of quandary
noun
A state of not knowing what to decide; a state of difficulty or perplexity; a state of uncertainty, hesitation or puzzlement; a dilemma, a difficult decision or choice.
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Another sense
QUANDARIES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of quandary.
Word DNA
QUANDARIES inherits its ancestry from its root, QUANDARY.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (776)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUANDARY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin.
QUANDARIES in a sentence
“Each film in their oeuvre -- most explicitly in A Serious Man and now in their re-telling of True Grit -- explores confounding spiritual and ethical quandaries.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUANDARIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 100 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
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
QUANDARIES starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEINQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUANDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUANDARIES?
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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