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QUIVERING
Definition of QUIVERING
adjective
shaking, shivering
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Word DNA
QUIVERING inherits its ancestry from its root, QUIVER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (900)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, QUIVER · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUIVERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 351 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
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
QUIVERING starts with Q and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGIINQRUV - 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 QUIVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found QUIVERING?
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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