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EQUESTRIAN
Definition of EQUESTRIAN
adjective
Of horseback riding or horseback riders.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Latin equester (“of or pertaining to equestrians/cavalry”) + -ianus (“-ian, related to”, adjective marker), from equus (“horse”).
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.
EQUESTRIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 245 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. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUESTRIAN starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEINQRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EQUEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found EQUESTRIAN?
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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