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PERFINGS
Definition of PERFINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for PERFINGS itself. This is its base word, PERF.
adjective
Abbreviation of perforated; when followed by a number, eg, perf 14, this indicates the number of perforations per two centimetres.
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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.
PERFINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERFINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFGINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PERFIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PERFINGS?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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