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EQUIVOCATING
Definition of EQUIVOCATING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Another sense
EQUIVOCATING carries a second meaning.
verb
Present participle of equivocate.
Word DNA
EQUIVOCATING inherits its ancestry from its root, EQUIVOCATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EQUIVOCATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
EQUIVOCATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
EQUIVOCATING starts with E and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGIINOQTUV - 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 EQUIVOCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
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