The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BUFFERINGS
Definition of BUFFERINGS
noun
plural of buffering
BUFFER · via buffering
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
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUFFERINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUFFERINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEFFGINRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUFFER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUFFERINGS?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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