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PITTANCE
Definition of PITTANCE
noun
A small allowance of food and drink; a scanty meal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pitaunce, from Old French pitance, pitence, from Medieval Latin *pietāntia, from Latin pietās (“piety”).
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.
PITTANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PITTANCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINPTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PITTANCE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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