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REQUITE
Definition of REQUITE
verb
To repay (a debt owed); specifically, to recompense or reward someone for (a favour, a service rendered, etc.) To repay (someone) a debt owed; specifically, to recompense or reward (someone) for a favour, a service rendered, etc. To respond to or reciprocate (feelings, especially affection or love which has been shown). To do or give a thing in return for (something). To retaliate or seek revenge for (an insult, a wrong, etc.).; to avenge.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English requiten (“to repay”), and then partly from both of the following: The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,275)
branch · 22.3% 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.
REQUITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
REQUITE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIQRTU - 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
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start REQUIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found REQUITE?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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