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QUONKS
Definition of QUONKS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of quonk
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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.
QUONKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 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 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUONKS starts with Q and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read KNOQSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found QUONKS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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