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QUINIELA
Definition of QUINIELA
noun
A kind of bet in which the first- and second-place finishers must be predicted, but (unlike a perfecta) not necessarily in the correct order.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish quiniela.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUINIELA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 60, 19 July 2026.
Built from these letters
QUINIELA starts with Q and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEIILNQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start QUINIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found QUINIELA?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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