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QUIRKISH
Definition of QUIRKISH
adjective
Characterized by quirks; evasive, tricky.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From quirk + -ish.
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.
QUIRKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
QUIRKISH starts with Q and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HIIKQRSU - 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.
Could you have found QUIRKISH?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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