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POOFING
Definition of POOFING
verb
present participle and gerund of poof
POOF
interjection
Onomatopoeia indicating a small explosion with a cloud of smoke; as caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
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Word DNA
POOFING inherits its ancestry from its root, POOF.
How it is built
Same root, POOF · 3 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.
POOFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POOFING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGINOOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found POOFING?
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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.
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