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QUIPU
Definition of QUIPU
noun
A recording device, used by the Incas, consisting of intricate knotted cords.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish quipu, from Quechua khipu (“knot”).
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.
QUIPU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 66, 25 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
QUIPU starts with Q and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read IPQUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUIPU?
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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