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PASTIE
Definition of PASTIE
noun
An item worn (often by strippers) to conceal one's nipples.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From paste + -ie. First use appears c. 1954, in the publications of E. J. Abbot.
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.
PASTIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PASTIE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 PASTIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found PASTIE?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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