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PISTOLED
Definition of PISTOLED
verb
simple past and past participle of pistol
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Word DNA
PISTOLED inherits its ancestry from its root, PISTOL.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,299)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PISTOL · 2 relatives 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.
PISTOLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PISTOLED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILOPST - 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 51
Could you have found PISTOLED?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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