Equinox

7 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Either of the two points in the year when the sun crosses the celestial equator and day and night are of approximately equal length worldwide.

“The spring equinox typically falls around 20 March in the northern hemisphere.”

Pronunciation

IPA

/ˈɛkwɪnɒks/

Syllables

e·qui·nox

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Synonyms

solstice pointastronomical event

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Contains both Q and X, two of the rarest Wordle letters, EQUIN is a strong partial

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Q scores 10 and X scores 8, this word is extremely high-scoring if you can place both premium letters

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exion quoin exon oxen quin unio unix

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