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QUEY
Definition of QUEY
noun
A heifer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English quye, from Old Norse kvíga; the modern form is influenced by Scots quey.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (136)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUEY · 1 relative 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.
QUEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUEY starts with Q and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EQUY - 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 QUEY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUEY?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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