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USQUE

/ˈʌskweɪ/5 letters

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).

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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.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
66
First board
56
Days since seen

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

mufeed

on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

USQUE
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

USQUESUSQUEBAEUSQUEBAESUSQUEBAUGHUSQUEBAUGHS

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