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PISHOGUE
Definition of PISHOGUE
noun
Magic, witchcraft; a spell, especially one designed to cause or cure illnesses to man or beast, or to increase or decrease the quantities of farm products such as butter or milk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Anglo-Irish, from Irish piseog (“witchcraft”), from Middle Irish piseóc, pisóc.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (135)
branch · 0.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PISHOGUE · 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.
PISHOGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PISHOGUE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGHIOPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PISHOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PISHOGUE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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