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PILASTER
Definition of PILASTER
noun
A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro. Equivalent to pillar + -aster.
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.
PILASTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILASTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEILPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PILAST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PILASTER?
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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