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QUIRKING
Definition of QUIRKING
verb
present participle and gerund of quirk
noun
An idiosyncrasy; a slight glitch, a mannerism; something unusual about the manner or style of something or someone.
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Word DNA
QUIRKING inherits its ancestry from its root, QUIRK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,656)
How it is built
Same root, QUIRK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Scots.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUIRKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
QUIRKING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIIKNQRU - 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 QUIRKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUIRKING?
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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