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WATERQUAKES
Definition of WATERQUAKES
noun
plural of waterquake
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Word DNA
WATERQUAKES inherits its ancestry from its root, WATERQUAKE.
How it is built
Same root, WATERQUAKE · 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.
WATERQUAKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERQUAKES starts with W and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEEKQRSTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found WATERQUAKES?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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