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PASTRYCOOK
Definition of PASTRYCOOK
noun
A cook who makes desserts and pastries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pastry + cook.
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.
PASTRYCOOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 103, 31 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PASTRYCOOK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKOOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PASTRYCOOK?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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