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SHOGUNAL
Definition of SHOGUNAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a shogun.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From shogun + -al.
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.
SHOGUNAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 39, 28 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 63 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOGUNAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AGHLNOSU - 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 28
Could you have found SHOGUNAL?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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