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GUNSHOT
Definition of GUNSHOT
noun
The act of discharging a firearm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From gun + shot.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, GUNSHOT · 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.
GUNSHOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
GUNSHOT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GHNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found GUNSHOT?
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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