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SHOT
Definition of SHOT
adjective
Tired, weary.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The past participle of shoot.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHOT · 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.
SHOT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHOT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHOT?
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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