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PIFFLE

/ˈpɪf.əl/6 letters

Definition of PIFFLE

noun

Nonsense, foolish talk.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Unknown, 1847. Perhaps blend of piddle + trifle, perhaps puff (“(onomatopoeia, puff of air)”) + -le (“diminutive”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PIFFLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its one board, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
36
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.

First ever to find it

palomarPATRON

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PIFFLE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PIFFLE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFFILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start PIFFLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PIFFLEDPIFFLERPIFFLESPIFFLERS

Could you have found PIFFLE?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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