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PUFTALOON
Definition of PUFTALOON
noun
A fried scone-like fritter originally from Australia.
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Where it comes from
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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.
PUFTALOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUFTALOON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFLNOOPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PUFTAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUFTALOON?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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