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POOFY

/ˈpuːfi/5 letters

Definition of POOFY

adjective

Of or pertaining to something that is puffy, filled with air, inflated.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Probably a blend of poof + puffy.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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

POOFY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 9 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
22
First board
110
Latest board
25
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

POOFY
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

POOFY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FOOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found POOFY?

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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.

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