The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
QUIRL
Definition of QUIRL
verb
To curl or twirl, or twist or coil (up).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since the 18th century. Considered by other dictionaries to be related to curl. Compare German Quirl, said to be related to twirl.
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.
QUIRL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 126, 23 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 126, 23 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUIRL starts with Q and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ILQRU - 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.
Could you have found QUIRL?
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 126 - and most players walked straight past it.
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