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EQUATION

/ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/8 letters

Definition of EQUATION

noun

The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).

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Where it comes from

From Old French, from Latin aequātiō (“an equalizing”). Morphologically equate + -ion

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.

EQUATION in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 101
Its 10 boards, across 101 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
12
First board
101
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

EQUATION
8
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
8
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

EQUATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEINOQTU - 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.

Words that start EQUATI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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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