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PISTAREEN
Definition of PISTAREEN
noun
A Spanish silver coin worth two reales, used as common currency in the Americas in the 18th century.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably a corruption of the Spanish peseta + -een.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.5%
of traced words share this origin (437)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PISTAREEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PISTAREEN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEEINPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PISTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found PISTAREEN?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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