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QUICKS
Definition of QUICKS
noun
plural of quick
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Word DNA
QUICKS inherits its ancestry from its root, QUICK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, QUICK · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Irish, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Russian and 3 more.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUICKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
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
QUICKS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CIKQSU - 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.
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 QUICKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUICKS?
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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