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PISTOUS
Definition of PISTOUS
Wiktionary has no entry for PISTOUS itself. This is its base word, PISTOU.
noun
A Provençal cold sauce made from cloves of garlic, fresh basil, and olive oil, similar to pesto.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PISTOU.
Borrowed from French pistou.
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.
PISTOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PISTOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IOPSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found PISTOUS?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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