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SHOGUN
Definition of SHOGUN
noun
The supreme generalissimo of feudal Japan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 将軍 (shōgun), itself the short form of 征夷大将軍 (seii taishōgun, literally “general who overcomes the barbarians”), ultimately from Middle Chinese. Doublet of jiangjun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (64)
branch · 0.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHOGUN · 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.
SHOGUN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 170 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOGUN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GHNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHOGUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SHOGUN?
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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