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QUIDDITY
Definition of QUIDDITY
noun
The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
QUIDDITY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The real nature of a thing; the essence.
noun
A hairsplitting distinction; a quibble.
noun
In scholastic philos., that which distinguishes a thing from other things, and makes it what it is, and not another; substantial form; nature.
noun
A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quirk or quibble.
Where it comes from
From Middle English quidite, from Old French quidité, and its source, Late Latin quidditās, from Latin quid (“what”) + -itas (“-ness”) (whence -ity).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% 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.
QUIDDITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUIDDITY starts with Q and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DDIIQTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and D appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of QUIDDITY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start QUIDDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUIDDITY?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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