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SQUINTY
Definition of SQUINTY
adjective
Afflicted with a squint.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From squint + -y.
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.
SQUINTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 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 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SQUINTY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read INQSTUY - 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 SQUINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found SQUINTY?
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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