outshoot
verb
outshoot is spelled O-U-T-S-H-O-O-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, outshoot means “To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in outshoot?
| Letters | 8: O-U-T-S-H-O-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is outshoot?
Outshoot appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with outshoot?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as outshoot.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: shootout.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of outshoot
- outshoots present, singular, he/she/it
- outshooting participle, present
- outshot participle, past
- out-shoot
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does outshoot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
USTo score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer
- 2
To fire a gun more accurately than.
"I can outdrink, outsmoke and outshoot any man in this bar!" exclaimed the cowboy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does outshoot come from?
From out- + shoot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).