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QUESTED
Definition of QUESTED
verb
simple past and past participle of quest
noun
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
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Word DNA
QUESTED inherits its ancestry from its root, QUEST.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUEST · 4 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.
QUESTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 191 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUESTED starts with Q and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEQSTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUESTED?
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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