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PAST
Definition of PAST
noun
The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English passed, past participle of passen (“to pass, to go by”), whence Modern English pass.
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.
PAST in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PAST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read APST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PAST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PAST?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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