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QUICKENS
Definition of QUICKENS
noun
Synonym of couch grass (“a species of grass, Elymus repens”); also, the underground rhizomes of this, and sometimes other grasses.
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Where it comes from
From quicken + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum, plurals of nouns, and the third-person singular indicative present tense of verbs).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, QUICKEN · 4 relatives 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.
QUICKENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 165 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUICKENS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIKNQSU - 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 QUICKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUICKENS?
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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