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QUIXOTIC
Definition of QUIXOTIC
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of the Spanish chivalric hero Don Quixote; possessed with or resulting from the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.
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Where it comes from
Derived from Spanish Quixote, the surname of Don Quixote, the title character in the novel by Miguel de Cervantes, + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (986)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUIXOTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 586 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUIXOTIC starts with Q and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIIOQTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q and X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start QUIXOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found QUIXOTIC?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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