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QUAVER

/ˈkweɪvə(ɹ)/6 letters

Definition of QUAVER

noun

A trembling shake.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave + -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

QUAVER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 96
Its 8 boards, across 96 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
23
First board
96
Latest board
19
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

tsaiborg

on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Also on

Built from these letters

QUAVER
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

QUAVER starts with Q and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEQRUV - 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 QUAVER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found QUAVER?

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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.

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