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QUENCHES
Definition of QUENCHES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of quench
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Word DNA
QUENCHES inherits its ancestry from its root, QUENCH.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (990)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUENCH · 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.
QUENCHES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
QUENCHES starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEHNQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUENCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found QUENCHES?
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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