The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
BUFFLE
Definition of BUFFLE
noun
A buffalo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French buffle. Doublet of bubale and buffalo.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (887)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
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.
BUFFLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 28 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 11 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
BUFFLE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEFFLU - 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 BUFFLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUFFLE?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER