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GUNNER
Definition of GUNNER
noun
An artillery soldier, especially one who holds private rank.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English gonner; equivalent to gun + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, GUNNER · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
GUNNER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUNNER starts with G and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGNNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start GUNNER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUNNER?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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