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SQUINT
Definition of SQUINT
verb
To look with the eyes partly closed, as in bright sunlight, or as a threatening expression.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Derived from asquint (“obliquely, with a sidelong glance”).
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.
SQUINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 47 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 ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUINT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read INQSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SQUINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SQUINT?
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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