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SHOOTS
Definition of SHOOTS
noun
plural of shoot
verb
To launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object). To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
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Word DNA
SHOOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, SHOOT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,132)
How it is built
Same root, SHOOT · 9 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Persian, Russian, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHOOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 146, 13 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SHOOTS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HOOSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SHOOTS?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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