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QUIDDLES
Definition of QUIDDLES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of quiddle
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Word DNA
QUIDDLES inherits its ancestry from its root, QUIDDLE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUIDDLE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUIDDLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 37 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
QUIDDLES starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEILQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUIDDL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUIDDLES?
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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