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REQUIESCAT
Definition of REQUIESCAT
noun
A prayer for the peaceful repose of the soul of a dead person
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Where it comes from
First word of the Latin phrase requiēscat in pāce (“may he/she rest in peace”). The Latin word requiēscat means "may he/she rest" and is a form of the Latin verb requiēscō (“to rest, repose”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% 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.
REQUIESCAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
REQUIESCAT starts with R and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIQRSTU - 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.
Words that start REQUIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found REQUIESCAT?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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