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PERFINS
Definition of PERFINS
noun
plural of perfin
PERFIN
noun
Perforated initial; a series of small holes punched into a stamp and forming a letter, series of letters or other design for the purpose of preventing the unauthorized use of the stamps.
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Word DNA
PERFINS inherits its ancestry from its root, PERFIN.
How it is built
Same root, PERFIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERFINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 168, 4 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERFINS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFINPRS - 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 PERFINS?
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 168 - and most players walked straight past it.
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