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PISTIL
Definition of PISTIL
noun
A discrete organ in the center of a flower capable of receiving pollen and producing a fruit, it is divided into an ovary, style and stigma.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pistil. Doublet of pestle and pistillum.
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.
PISTIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PISTIL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read IILPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PISTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PISTIL?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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