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EQUALS
Definition of EQUALS
noun
plural of equal
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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.
EQUALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUALS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELQSU - 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
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found EQUALS?
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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