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QUOIF
Definition of QUOIF
noun
Obsolete form of coif.
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Word DNA
QUOIF inherits its ancestry from its root, COIF.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, COIF · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUOIF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUOIF starts with Q and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FIOQU - 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.
Words that start QUOIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found QUOIF?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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