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PUFF
Definition of PUFF
noun
A sharp exhalation of a small amount of breath through the mouth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English puff, puf, from Old English pyf (“a blast of wind, puff”), from Proto-West Germanic *puf(f)- (“to blow, puff”), of imitative origin. Cognate with Dutch puf (“puff, wind, fart”), Middle Low German puf, pof (“puff”).
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.
PUFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUFF starts with P and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FFPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PUFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUFF?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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