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EQUINISM
Definition of EQUINISM
noun
A horselike gait sometimes resulting from gunshot injury to the legs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From equine + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, EQUINE · 5 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.
EQUINISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUINISM starts with E and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIIMNQSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start EQUINI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found EQUINISM?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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