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SHUNPIKER
Definition of SHUNPIKER
noun
One who avoids toll roads, or who uses sideroads to avoid toll booths.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of shun + turnpike + -er
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.
SHUNPIKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHUNPIKER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHIKNPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SHUNPI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHUNPIKER?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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