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SQUALOR
Definition of SQUALOR
noun
Filthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the Latin squālor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
SQUALOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 162 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SQUALOR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ALOQRSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found SQUALOR?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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