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SQUIRED
Definition of SQUIRED
verb
simple past and past participle of squire
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Another sense
SQUIRED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of squire.
Word DNA
SQUIRED inherits its ancestry from its root, SQUIRE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,696)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SQUIRE · 2 relatives in the game
SQUIRED in a sentence
“Regiment went out for a walk — I stayd at home to keep house, Martin squired Charlotte home again at night sadly tired, for they all had tea at Highbury House &c. —”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SQUIRED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 138 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
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
SQUIRED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIQRSU - 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 SQUIRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found SQUIRED?
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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