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PERFUSE
Definition of PERFUSE
verb
To permeate or suffuse something, especially with a liquid or with light.
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Where it comes from
From 1520s, from Latin perfusus, past participle of perfundo (“to pour over, besprinkle”) from per- + fundo (“to pour”) (from nasalised form of PIE root *gheu- ("to pour")); compare diffuse, suffuse.
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.
PERFUSE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERFUSE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PERFUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PERFUSE?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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