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QUIETUDES
Definition of QUIETUDES
noun
plural of quietude
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Word DNA
QUIETUDES inherits its ancestry from its root, QUIETUDE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,633)
branch · 33.1% 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.
QUIETUDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 158 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
QUIETUDES starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEEIQSTUU - 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 start QUIETU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found QUIETUDES?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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