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EQUATIONS
Definition of EQUATIONS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
EQUATIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, EQUATION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EQUATION · 2 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.
EQUATIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EQUATIONS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINOQSTU - 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 40
Could you have found EQUATIONS?
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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