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TOUQUES
Definition of TOUQUES
noun
plural of touque
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Word DNA
TOUQUES inherits its ancestry from its root, TOQUE.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,134)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TOQUE · 5 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.
TOUQUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TOUQUES starts with T and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EOQSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found TOUQUES?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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