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QUERCITIN

/ˈkwɜɹsɪtɪn/9 letters

Definition of QUERCITIN

noun

A flavonoid found in fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin quercētum (“oak plantation”) + -in.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

33.1%

of traced words share this origin (9,723)

Italic

branch · 33.1% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-in

Same root, QUERCITIN · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

QUERCITIN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 149
Its 4 boards, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
45
First board
126
Latest board
42
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.

First ever to find it

toby

on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

QUERCITIN
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

QUERCITIN starts with Q and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CEIINQRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start QUERCI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

QUERCINEQUERCITOLQUERCITINSQUERCITRONQUERCITRONS

Could you have found QUERCITIN?

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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