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UNSHOE
Definition of UNSHOE
verb
to remove a shoe (especially a horseshoe) from.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English unshon, from Old English onscōgan (“to unshoe”), equivalent to un- + shoe.
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.
UNSHOE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
UNSHOE starts with U and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start UNSHOE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found UNSHOE?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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