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POSTIE
Definition of POSTIE
noun
Diminutive of postman or postwoman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From post + -ie.
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.
POSTIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
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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