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GUNFIRE

/ˈɡʌnfʌɪə/7 letters

Definition of GUNFIRE

noun

Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.

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Where it comes from

From gun + fire.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

GUNFIRE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 4 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
25
First board
98
Latest board
38
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

GUNFIRE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start GUNFIR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found GUNFIRE?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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