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QUIETUS
Definition of QUIETUS
noun
A stillness or pause; something that quiets or represses; removal from activity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Short for Medieval Latin quiētus est (literally “he is quiet”). First attested in the 1530s. Earlier attested as Late Middle English quietus est. Doublet of coy, quiet, quit, and quite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUIETUS · 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.
QUIETUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 303 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 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
QUIETUS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIQSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears 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 38
Could you have found QUIETUS?
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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