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Baseball tags (4 letter answer)

The Answer

OUTS

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Notes

The answer OUTS is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.

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What tags may produce

Definition

OUT as a noun:

1. (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball; "you only get 3 outs per inning"

OUT as a verb:

1. (come out of the closet, out, come out) = to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year"
2. reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent"
3. (out, come out) = be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out"