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POSTILED
Definition of POSTILED
verb
simple past and past participle of postil
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Word DNA
POSTILED inherits its ancestry from its root, POSTIL.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POSTIL · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
POSTILED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 80, 8 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POSTILED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILOPST - 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 POSTIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found POSTILED?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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