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EQUATORS
Definition of EQUATORS
noun
plural of equator
noun
An imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Word DNA
EQUATORS inherits its ancestry from its root, EQUATOR.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EQUATOR · 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.
EQUATORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUATORS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEOQRSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EQUATO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found EQUATORS?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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