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PAISANO
Definition of PAISANO
noun
An Italian(-American), particularly as a term of address between Italian-American men.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Neapolitan paisano. Doublet of peasant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PAISANO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAISANO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read AAINOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PAISAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found PAISANO?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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