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QUILLETS
Definition of QUILLETS
noun
plural of quillet
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Word DNA
QUILLETS inherits its ancestry from its root, QUILLET.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUILLET · 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.
QUILLETS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 34 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 5 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
QUILLETS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILLQSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUILLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUILLETS?
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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