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PAWNSHOP
Definition of PAWNSHOP
noun
The business premises of a pawnbroker; where loans are made, with personal property as security
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pawn + shop.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAWNSHOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAWNSHOP starts with P and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read AHNOPPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PAWNSH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAWNSHOP?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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