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EQUATIONAL
Definition of EQUATIONAL
adjective
Of, pertaining to, or constructed using equations
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From equation + -al.
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.
EQUATIONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUATIONAL starts with E and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAEILNOQTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. 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 40
Could you have found EQUATIONAL?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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