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SQUIREHOOD
Definition of SQUIREHOOD
noun
The rank or state of a squire; squireship.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From squire + -hood.
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.
SQUIREHOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUIREHOOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIOOQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter. 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 45
Could you have found SQUIREHOOD?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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