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POUTER
Definition of POUTER
noun
A person who habitually pouts; a sourpuss
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pout + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, POUT · 13 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.
POUTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POUTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found POUTER?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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