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PTUI
Definition of PTUI
interjection
The sound of spitting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Imitative. But there is also the Ancient Greek πτύω, to spit, which is in Mark 7:33:
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.
PTUI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PTUI starts with P and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read IPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PTUI?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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