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PISHOGUES
Definition of PISHOGUES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
PISHOGUES inherits its ancestry from its root, PISHOGUE.
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (332)
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.
PISHOGUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 81 days.
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
PISHOGUES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHIOPSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start PISHOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PISHOGUES?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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