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BUFFERING
Definition of BUFFERING
verb
present participle and gerund of buffer
noun
Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny). A machine with rotary brushes, passed over a hard floor to clean it. A machine for polishing shoes and boots.
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Word DNA
BUFFERING inherits its ancestry from its root, BUFFER.
How it is built
Same root, BUFFER · 1 relative 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.
BUFFERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUFFERING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEFFGINRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 BUFFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUFFERING?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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