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QUESTING
Definition of QUESTING
noun
The act of going in quest of something.
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Word DNA
QUESTING inherits its ancestry from its root, QUEST.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
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.
QUESTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 201 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
QUESTING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINQSTU - 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 QUESTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found QUESTING?
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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