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PUBERTY
Definition of PUBERTY
noun
A developmental phase brought about by the action of hormones as part of the maturing process. For humans, there are three in total. The process of sexual development that produces secondary sex characteristics and makes a person capable of reproducing sexually.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English puberte, from Old French puberté, from Latin pūbertās (“the age of maturity, manhood”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUBERTY · 1 relative 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.
PUBERTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 143 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUBERTY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BEPRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found PUBERTY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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