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USQUE
Definition of USQUE
noun
whisky
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha (“water of life”) and Scottish Gaelic uisge beatha (“water of life”). Compare whisky and obsolete whiskybae.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
USQUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
USQUE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EQSUU - 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.
Words that start USQUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found USQUE?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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