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QUINCELIKE
Definition of QUINCELIKE
adjective
Resembling a quince.
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Where it comes from
From quince + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, QUINCE · 2 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.
QUINCELIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUINCELIKE starts with Q and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIIKLNQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUINCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUINCELIKE?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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