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GUNLOCK
Definition of GUNLOCK
noun
A mechanism fitted to a cannon that fires it when a cord is pulled.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gun + lock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUNLOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
GUNLOCK starts with G and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CGKLNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start GUNLOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUNLOCK?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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