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PUBERTY

/ˈpjuː.bə.ti/7 letters

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).

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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 17 boards so far. 102 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 17 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
31
First board
100
Latest board
14
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

wonderingwisp47

on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PUBERTY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start PUBERT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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