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PITA

/ˈpɪtə/4 letters

Definition of PITA

noun

A piece of pita bread; a flatbread pouch used for making sandwiches such as gyros or falafels.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Greek πίτα (píta, “pie”), more at pizza. Doublet of pide and pizza.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PITA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 10 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
10
Boards found on
25
First board
106
Latest board
47
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PITA
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PITA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AIPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PITA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PITASPITARAPITAYAPITAPATPITARAHPITARASPITAYASPITAHAYAPITAPATSPITARAHSPITAHAYASPITAPATTED

Could you have found PITA?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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