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QUINTILES
Definition of QUINTILES
noun
plural of quintile
noun
Any of the quantiles which divide an ordered sample population into five equally numerous subsets.
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Word DNA
QUINTILES inherits its ancestry from its root, QUINTILE.
How it is built
Same root, QUINTILE · 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.
QUINTILES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 142 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUINTILES starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILNQSTU - 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.
Words that start QUINTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUINTILES?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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