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QUIETUSES
Definition of QUIETUSES
noun
plural of quietus
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Word DNA
QUIETUSES inherits its ancestry from its root, QUIETUS.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 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.
QUIETUSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 31 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 4 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
QUIETUSES starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIQSSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U, E and S 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.
Could you have found QUIETUSES?
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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