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POUT
Definition of POUT
verb
To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), dial. Swedish puta (“to be puffed out”), Danish pude (“pillow, cushion”)), from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”) (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”) (compare Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”)).
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.
POUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
POUT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read OPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start POUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found POUT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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