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PUFFBIRD
Definition of PUFFBIRD
noun
Any of various tropical passerine birds in the family Bucconidae, related to the jacamars.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From puff + bird, because their loose abundant plumage and short tails make them look stout and puffy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PUFFBIRD · 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.
PUFFBIRD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUFFBIRD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDFFIPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PUFFBIRD?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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