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GUNSIGHT
Definition of GUNSIGHT
noun
An optical instrument which establishes an optical line or axis for the purpose of aiming a weapon. In particular, especially in allusions and comparisons, a notch.
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Where it comes from
From gun + sight.
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.
GUNSIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GUNSIGHT starts with G and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GGHINSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start GUNSIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found GUNSIGHT?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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