The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
QUICKENER
Definition of QUICKENER
noun
One who, or that which, quickens, hastens, or speeds up an object or action.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English quykener, equivalent to quicken + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUICKENER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUICKENER starts with Q and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEEIKNQRU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start QUICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found QUICKENER?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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