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PAPISH

/ˈpeɪpɪʃ/6 letters

Definition of PAPISH

adjective

Roman Catholic.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From alteration of papist.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PAPISH in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 156
Its one board, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

mammoth_gia

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PAPISH
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PAPISH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHIPPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.

Words that start PAPISH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PAPISHERPAPISHESPAPISHERS

Could you have found PAPISH?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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