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SQUUSH
Definition of SQUUSH
verb
To squash or squish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic variant of squash or squish.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SQUUSH · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SQUUSH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUUSH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HQSSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and U appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SQUUSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SQUUSH?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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