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SQUIRT
Definition of SQUIRT
noun
An instrument from which a liquid is forcefully ejected in a small, quick stream.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English squirten, squyrten, of uncertain origin; probably onomatopoeic. Akin to swirl. Compare Low German swirtjen (“to squirt”) and Swedish water onomatopoeias skvala, skvalp, skvimpa, and skvätta; Icelandic skvetta; and Norwegian skvette.
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.
SQUIRT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SQUIRT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IQRSTU - 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.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SQUIRT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found SQUIRT?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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