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QUASHED
Definition of QUASHED
verb
simple past and past participle of quash
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Word DNA
QUASHED inherits its ancestry from its root, QUASH.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (438)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUASH · 3 relatives 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.
QUASHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 174 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUASHED starts with Q and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEHQSU - 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 QUASHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found QUASHED?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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