The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
TUQUE
Definition of TUQUE
noun
a knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Canadian French tuque.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TUQUE · 1 relative 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.
TUQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUQUE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EQTUU - 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.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found TUQUE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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