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SHUNTER
Definition of SHUNTER
noun
A railway locomotive used for shunting (switching).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SHUNTER carries 4 further meanings.
noun
One who or that which shunts; specifically, a railway-servant whose duty it is to move the switches which transfer a train or carriage from one line to another.
noun
A hand-lever used to start and move a railroad-car.
noun
A person employed to shunt cars from one track to another.
noun
A railway locomotive used for shunting; a switcher
Where it comes from
From shunt + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SHUNT · 4 relatives 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.
SHUNTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SHUNTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EHNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SHUNTER. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SHUNTER?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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