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GUNBOAT

/ˈɡʌnˌboʊt/7 letters

Definition of GUNBOAT

noun

Any of the various types of small armed vessels.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From gun + boat.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GUNBOAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 8 boards so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its 8 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
8
Boards found on
31
First board
120
Latest board
48
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

GUNBOAT
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

GUNBOAT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABGNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start GUNBOA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.

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