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QUILTED
Definition of QUILTED
adjective
Having the characteristics of a quilt; specifically, having two layers of cloth sewn together, with a layer of padding between them.
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Word DNA
QUILTED inherits its ancestry from its root, QUILT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUILT · 4 relatives 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.
QUILTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 359 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUILTED starts with Q and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUILTED?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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