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SQUIDS
Definition of SQUIDS
noun
plural of squid
noun
Any of several carnivorous marine cephalopod mollusks, of the order Teuthida, having a mantle, eight arms, and a pair of tentacles
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Word DNA
SQUIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, SQUID.
How it is built
Same root, SQUID · 2 relatives 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.
SQUIDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUIDS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DIQSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found SQUIDS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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