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PUFFIN
Definition of PUFFIN
noun
The young of the Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus), especially eaten as food.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English poffin, poffoun, puffon, equivalent to puff + -ing, or perhaps ultimately from Middle Cornish (compare Breton poc'han (“puffin”)).
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.
PUFFIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUFFIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read FFINPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PUFFIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUFFIN?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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