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QUIETUDE
Definition of QUIETUDE
noun
Synonym of quietness (“absence of sound”)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
QUIETUDE carries 4 further meanings.
noun
Tranquility.
noun
Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
noun
Rest; repose; quiet; tranquillity.
noun
tranquillity
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French quiétude, from Late Latin quiētūdō, from Latin quiētus, perfect passive participle of quiēscō (“rest”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUIETUDE · 1 relative 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.
QUIETUDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 295 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUIETUDE starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEEIQTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of QUIETUDE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start QUIETU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found QUIETUDE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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