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SHORTSTOP
Definition of SHORTSTOP
noun
The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
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Where it comes from
From short + stop.
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.
SHORTSTOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SHORTSTOP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read HOOPRSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, O and T appear more than once.
Words that start SHORTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHORTSTOP?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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