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QUAT
Definition of QUAT
noun
A pustule.
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Other senses
QUAT carries 4 further meanings.
To quit.
Quit; free; released.
noun
A pustule or pimple.
noun
Figuratively, a small, shabby, or insignificant person.
Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, QUAT · 2 relatives in the game
QUAT in a sentence
“For instance virtually every shampoo or conditioner has what you call a quat, which helps hair be soft and manageable.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 85 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 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUAT starts with Q and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AQTU - 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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of QUAT. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start QUAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUAT?
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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