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QUICKLIME
Definition of QUICKLIME
noun
Calcium oxide, which is produced by heating (calcining) limestone and gives slaked lime on treatment with water.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English quyk lym; equivalent to quick + lime.
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.
QUICKLIME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUICKLIME starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEIIKLMQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUICKLIME?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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