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EQUATORIALS
Definition of EQUATORIALS
noun
plural of equatorial
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EQUATORIAL · 1 relative 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.
EQUATORIALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
EQUATORIALS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAEILOQRSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EQUATOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found EQUATORIALS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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