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PITSAW
Definition of PITSAW
noun
A saw worked by two people, one standing on the log and the other beneath it, often in a pit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pit + saw.
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.
PITSAW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PITSAW starts with P and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AIPSTW - 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 PITSAW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PITSAW?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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