The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
QUIBBLED
Definition of QUIBBLED
verb
simple past and past participle of quibble
noun
An argument or objection based on an ambiguity of wording or similar trivial circumstance; a minor complaint.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
QUIBBLED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of quibble.
Word DNA
QUIBBLED inherits its ancestry from its root, QUIBBLE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (230)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUIBBLE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Scots.
QUIBBLED in a sentence
“Following the familiar patterns of a cornered tyrant, Gaddafi claimed to be implementing a truce, quibbled with UN terms and attacked the rebel stronghold at Benghazi.”
Now Libyans can finish their revolution | Observer editorial, 2011
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUIBBLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 375 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUIBBLED starts with Q and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BBDEILQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUIBBL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUIBBLED?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER