SHOUT

Meaning

A loud burst of voice or voices; a violent and sudden outcry, especially that of a multitude expressing joy, triumph, exultation, anger, or animated courage.

• verbTo utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.

SHOUT as a word-puzzle answer

SHOUT is a 5-letter word with 2 vowels (O, U) and 3 consonants (S, H, T). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (S, O, T), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.

SHOUT by the numbers

Across the 1,734 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, T appears in 30% of answers (the 4th most common letter), O appears in 30% of answers (the 5th most common letter), S appears in 28% of answers (the 7th most common letter). 41 other answers share the opening “SH-”, so two green tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.

Difficulty: 2/5 — approachable, because 6+ near-miss answers compete for the same greens.

Near misses

One letter away in the answer bank: SCOUT, SHOOT, SHORT, SPOUT, SNOUT, STOUT. Each of these turns four tiles green against SHOUT — the classic endgame squeeze where spending a guess on the differing letter beats burning attempts on hope.

Same letters, different order: SOUTH — yellow-heavy boards can be hiding this anagram instead.

Put it to use

Words like SHOUT are exactly what the daily puzzles throw at you. Warm up in Practice, race the clock in the Daily Challenge, or study the best starting words before your next run. New to the multi-board modes? The mode guides cover all nine.