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SHUNT
Definition of SHUNT
verb
To cause to move (suddenly), as by pushing or shoving; to give a (sudden) start to.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English schonten, schunten (“to jerk, swerve; to dodge, escape”), either: As regards the noun sense, compare Middle English shunt (“swerve; sudden jerk”), derived from the verb.
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.
SHUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHUNT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found SHUNT?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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