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QUERCETIN
Definition of QUERCETIN
noun
A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
translingual Quercus (“genus of oak”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUERCETIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 81, 9 August 2026.
Built from these letters
QUERCETIN starts with Q and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEEINQRTU - 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 QUERCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found QUERCETIN?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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