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QUANTA
Definition of QUANTA
noun
plural of quantum
noun
The total amount of something; quantity. The amount of compensation awarded to a successful party in a lawsuit. The length or magnitude of the sentence handed down to someone who has been found guilty of a crime.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin quanta; by surface analysis, quant(um) + -a.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUANTA · 1 relative 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.
QUANTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 93 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUANTA starts with Q and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AANQTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUANTA?
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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