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PHUT
Definition of PHUT
interjection
A representation of the sound resembling the release of a blast of steam or exhaust gas; a representation of the sound of a fast but small puff of wind.
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Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PHUT · 2 relatives 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.
PHUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PHUT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read HPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found PHUT?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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