square shooter

noun

"square-shooter" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“square shooter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.

Corpus desk

Index EN-square-shooter · square shooter · English

square shooter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for square shooter
PropertyValue
Headwordsquare shooter
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “square shooter” in English

square shooterfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

square shooter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.".

Zero misspellings are on record for square shooter in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is square shooter, spelled S-Q-U-A-R-E- -S-H-O-O-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how square shooter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. For years he was in a position where a bribe, the turn of a crooked deal, a "queer" fight decision might mean thousands to him. But he was ever the square shooter. The crooked finger of scandal was never pointed his way.
  2. "I suppose it's because I have credibility as someone with integrity and as a square shooter."

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "square shooter"?
"square shooter" is spelled S-Q-U-A-R-E- -S-H-O-O-T-E-R.
What does "square shooter" mean?
As a noun, "square shooter" means: A person who is fair, trustworthy, or forthright; a person who bargains or transacts business in a fair, honest manner.
What language does "square shooter" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list