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OUTSHINE

/aʊtˈʃaɪn/8 letters

Definition of OUTSHINE

verb

To shine brighter than something else

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From out- + shine.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

OUTSHINE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 10 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
45
First board
108
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.

Built from these letters

OUTSHINE
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start OUTSHI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

OUTSHINEDOUTSHINESOUTSHINING

Could you have found OUTSHINE?

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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.

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