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PUFFBIRDS

9 letters

Definition of PUFFBIRDS

noun

plural of puffbird

PUFFBIRD

noun

Any of various tropical passerine birds in the family Bucconidae, related to the jacamars.

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Word DNA

PUFFBIRDS inherits its ancestry from its root, PUFFBIRD.

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, PUFFBIRD · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PUFFBIRDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its one board, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
151
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 151, 18 October 2026.

Built from these letters

PUFFBIRDS
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PUFFBIRDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BDFFIPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start PUFFBI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PUFFBIRDS?

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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