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QUOTA
Definition of QUOTA
noun
A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin quota pars; see Latin quota.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
QUOTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
QUOTA starts with Q and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AOQTU - 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 QUOTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found QUOTA?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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