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PITILESS

/ˈpɪtɪləs/8 letters

Definition of PITILESS

adjective

Having, or showing, no pity; merciless, ruthless.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English piteeles, pyteles; equivalent to pity + -less.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

PITILESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
118
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

lo_loxiaPATRON

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PITILESS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PITILESS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EIILPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and S appear more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

SPILITES

Words that start PITILE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PITILESSLYPITILESSNESSPITILESSNESSES

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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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