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PAPIST
Definition of PAPIST
noun
A Roman Catholic, especially one whose loyalties are seen to be with the papacy in Rome.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French papiste, from Latin pāpa (“pope”).
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.
PAPIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PAPIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AIPPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PAPIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAPIST?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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