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PASTINESS
Definition of PASTINESS
noun
The condition of being pasty; pallor
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pasty + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PASTE · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PASTINESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PASTINESS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINPSSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PASTIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PASTINESS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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