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QUINTAL
Definition of QUINTAL
noun
Synonym of hundredweight, 100 or 112 English or American pounds.
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Where it comes from
Late Middle English, from Anglo-Norman quintal, from Middle French quintal, from Old French and Medieval Latin quintale and quintallus (“various medieval hundredweights”), from Arabic قِنْطَار (qinṭār, “100 rottols”), from Classical Syriac ܩܰܢܛܺܝܪܳܐ (qanṭīrā) and ܩܰܢܛܺܝܢܳܪܳܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Byzantine Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium (“100 Roman pounds”), from the neuter of centēnārius (“having 100 things”). Use for various non-English units, borrowed from French quintal, Spanish quintal, Portuguese quintal, etc. The apparent relation to quint- (“five, fivefold”) and -al (forming adjectives) is accidental, although it possibly influenced the eventual spelling of the term. Doublet of centenary, centner, and kantar.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUINTAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUINTAL starts with Q and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILNQTU - 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.
Words that start QUINTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUINTAL?
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