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EQUIVOCATE
Definition of EQUIVOCATE
verb
To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque.
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.
EQUIVOCATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 110 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUIVOCATE starts with E and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEIOQTUV - 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 EQUIVO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found EQUIVOCATE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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