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SQUIRELIKE
Definition of SQUIRELIKE
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a squire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From squire + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SQUIRELIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 101, 29 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 126, 23 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUIRELIKE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEIIKLQRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and E appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SQUIRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SQUIRELIKE?
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 101 - and most players walked straight past it.
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