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SQUIREEN
Definition of SQUIREEN
noun
A minor squire; a small landowner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From squire + anglicized form of Irish -ín, diminutive suffix.
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.
SQUIREEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 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 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUIREEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEINQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SQUIRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SQUIREEN?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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