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EQUATION
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).
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.
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.
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found EQUATION?
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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