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QUICKENERS
Definition of QUICKENERS
noun
plural of quickener
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Word DNA
QUICKENERS inherits its ancestry from its root, QUICKENER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,231)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUICKENERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 69 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
QUICKENERS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEIKNQRSU - 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 23
Could you have found QUICKENERS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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