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EQUIP
Definition of EQUIP
verb
To supply with something necessary in order to carry out a specific action or task; to provide with (e.g. weapons, provisions, munitions, rigging).
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Where it comes from
From French équiper (“to supply, fit out”), originally said of a ship, Old French esquiper (“to embark”); of Germanic origin, most probably from Old Norse skipa (“to man (a ship)”), from Proto-Germanic *skipōną (“to ship, sail, embark”). Compare with Middle High German schipfen, German schiffern, Icelandic skipa, Old English scipian. Doublet of ship.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (994)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EQUIP · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EQUIP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUIP starts with E and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EIPQU - 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
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start EQUIP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found EQUIP?
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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