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PASTRY
Definition of PASTRY
noun
A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pastre, pastri, from pastree (variant of pasterie, from Old French pastaierie and Medieval Latin pasteria, from Late Latin pasta, from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá)) or paste + -ri (modern paste + -ry).
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.
PASTRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PASTRY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read APRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PASTRY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found PASTRY?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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