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PASTRAMI
Definition of PASTRAMI
noun
A seasoned smoked cut of beef, traditionally made from a navel cut.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish פּאַסטראַמע (pastrame), from Romanian pastramă, from Ottoman Turkish باصدرمه (modern Turkish pastırma), a variation of bastırma (“dried meat”), from root bas- (“to press”). It is sometimes claimed that the origin of the Turkish word is Greek παστώνω (pastóno, “I salt”), from Ancient Greek παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt, salted”). The English spelling ending in -mi is probably from the influence of salami.
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.
PASTRAMI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PASTRAMI starts with P and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AAIMPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PASTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
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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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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