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BUFFOON
Definition of BUFFOON
noun
One who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French bouffon, from Italian buffone (“jester”), from buffare (“to puff out the cheeks”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Middle High German buffen ("to puff"; > German büffen), Old English pyffan (“to breathe out, blow with the mouth”). More at English puff.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUFFOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUFFOON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BFFNOOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUFFOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUFFOON?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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