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POUTS
Definition of POUTS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
POUTS inherits its ancestry from its root, POUT.
Line of descent
8 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (254)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POUT · 4 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.
POUTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
POUTS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read OPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found POUTS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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