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QUANTILE
Definition of QUANTILE
noun
One of the class of values of a variate which divides the members of a batch or sample into equal-sized subgroups of adjacent values or a probability distribution into distributions of equal probability.
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Where it comes from
Back-formation from quantity, modeled on percentile. By surface analysis, quant(ity) + -ile.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, QUANTILE · 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.
QUANTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUANTILE starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEILNQTU - 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 QUANTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUANTILE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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