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POSTIL

/ˈpɒstɪl/6 letters

Definition of POSTIL

noun

A Bible commentary written in its margins.

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Where it comes from

From French postille (“marginal note”), from Late Latin postilla, probably from post illa (verba) (“after those (words)”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

POSTIL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
1
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

pdxor

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

Built from these letters

POSTIL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

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

Words that start POSTIL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

POSTILSPOSTILEDPOSTILINGPOSTILIONPOSTILLEDPOSTILLERPOSTILIONSPOSTILLATEPOSTILLERSPOSTILLINGPOSTILLIONPOSTILLATED

Could you have found POSTIL?

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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