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QUBIT

/ˈkjuːbɪt/5 letters

Definition of QUBIT

noun

A quantum bit; the basic unit of quantum information described by a superposition of two states; a quantum bit in a quantum computer capable of being in a state of superposition; A binary qudit.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Blend of quantum + bit, a play on cubit (“historical unit of length”). Coined by American physicist Benjamin Schumacher in 1995.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

QUBIT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 122
Its 6 boards, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
6
Boards found on
52
First board
96
Latest board
20
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.

First ever to find it

lantrey

on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

QUBIT
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

QUBIT starts with Q and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BIQTU - 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 QUBIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found QUBIT?

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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.

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