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BUFFINGS

/ˈbʌfɪŋz/8 letters

Definition of BUFFINGS

noun

plural of buffing

BUFF · via buffing

noun

Undyed leather from the skin of buffalo or similar animals.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

BUFFINGS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
16
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.

First ever to find it

emzin

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BUFFINGS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BUFFINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BFFGINSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start BUFFIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found BUFFINGS?

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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