The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
QUIRTS
Definition of QUIRTS
noun
plural of quirt
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUIRTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUIRTS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IQRSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUIRTS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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