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SQUADRON
Definition of SQUADRON
noun
A body of troops drawn up in a square.
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Where it comes from
From Italian squadrone. See squad.
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.
SQUADRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SQUADRON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ADNOQRSU - 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 SQUADR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SQUADRON?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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