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QUEUE
Definition of QUEUE
noun
A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUEUE · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUEUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 123 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUEUE starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEQUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUEUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found QUEUE?
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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