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PISTOLE
Definition of PISTOLE
noun
A Spanish gold double-escudo coin of the mid-sixteenth century, or any of various gold coins derived from or based on this.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French pistole, of uncertain origin. Probably ultimately from Czech píšťala (“whistle”), from Proto-Slavic *piščalь, from *piskati, *piščati (“to squeak, whistle”), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pīṣk-. Alternatively, perhaps from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Slavic
- Czech
- French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
47th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (17)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PISTOLE · 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.
PISTOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 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
PISTOLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PISTOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found PISTOLE?
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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