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EQUAL
Definition of EQUAL
adjective
The same in one or more respects.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis. Doublet of aequalis and egal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EQUAL · 3 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.
EQUAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
EQUAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELQU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EQUAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found EQUAL?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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