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BISTEK
Definition of BISTEK
noun
A Filipino dish consisting of thinly-sliced beefsteak braised in soy sauce, calamansi juice, garlic, ground black pepper, and onions cut into rings.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Tagalog bistek, from Spanish bistec, from English beefsteak. Doublet of beefsteak and bifshtek.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (950)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BISTEK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 156, 23 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BISTEK starts with B and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BEIKST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BISTEK?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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