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EQUIVOCATION
Definition of EQUIVOCATION
noun
A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
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Where it comes from
c. 1380, from Middle English equivocacion, from Old French equivocation, from Medieval Latin aequivocātiō, from aequivocō, from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”); a calque of Ancient Greek ὁμωνυμία (homōnumía).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,660)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EQUIVOCATION · 1 relative 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.
EQUIVOCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 49 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EQUIVOCATION starts with E and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEIINOOQTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and O appear 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 59
Could you have found EQUIVOCATION?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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