The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
REPIQUES
Definition of REPIQUES
noun
plural of repique
noun
In piquet, a bonus of 60 points awarded to a player who scores 30 points during the declaration phase, prior to the opponent scoring anything.
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Word DNA
REPIQUES inherits its ancestry from its root, REPIQUE.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,269)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, REPIQUE · 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.
REPIQUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 81, 9 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REPIQUES starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEIPQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REPIQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found REPIQUES?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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