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COUNTERSHOT
Definition of COUNTERSHOT
noun
A shot made in response to another shot (as from a gun or cannon).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From counter- + shot.
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.
COUNTERSHOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COUNTERSHOT starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEHNOORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once.
Words that start COUNTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COUNTERSHOT?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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