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PASTING
Definition of PASTING
noun
The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste.
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Word DNA
PASTING inherits its ancestry from its root, PAST.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (5,012)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PAST · 1 relative 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.
PASTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PASTING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGINPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PASTING?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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