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QUARTES
Definition of QUARTES
noun
plural of quarte
noun
The fourth defensive position, with the sword hand held at chest height, and the tip of the sword at neck height, the palm of the hand facing upwards.
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Word DNA
QUARTES inherits its ancestry from its root, QUARTE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUARTE · 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.
QUARTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 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
QUARTES starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEQRSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start QUARTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found QUARTES?
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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