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STRIKEOUT
Definition of STRIKEOUT
noun
An instance or the act of yielding nothing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Deverbal from strike out.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRIKEOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRIKEOUT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIKORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
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 STRIKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRIKEOUT?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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