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OLDSQUAW
Definition of OLDSQUAW
noun
The long-tailed duck, a medium-sized seaduck: Clangula hyemalis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in the 19th century, from old + squaw, from the idea that the birds' squawking resembled old Native American women's.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
OLDSQUAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
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 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
OLDSQUAW starts with O and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ADLOQSUW - 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.
Words that start OLDSQU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found OLDSQUAW?
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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