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PISTOLING
Definition of PISTOLING
verb
present participle and gerund of pistol
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Word DNA
PISTOLING inherits its ancestry from its root, PISTOL.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (564)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PISTOL · 3 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.
PISTOLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PISTOLING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 37
Could you have found PISTOLING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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