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POSTIE

/ˈpəʊsti/6 letters

Definition of POSTIE

noun

Diminutive of postman or postwoman.

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Where it comes from

From post + -ie.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-ie

Same root, POST · 14 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
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.

POSTIE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 7 boards so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its 7 boards, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
7
Boards found on
75
First board
155
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.

Also on

Built from these letters

POSTIE
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start POSTIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found POSTIE?

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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.

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