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QUARE
Definition of QUARE
adjective
Queer, strange.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Variant of queer.
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.
QUARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUARE starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEQRU - 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 QUARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUARE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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