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PUGGRY
Definition of PUGGRY
noun
A strip of cloth wound around the upper portion of a hat or helmet, particularly a pith helmet, and falling down behind to act as a shade for the back of the neck.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hindi पगड़ी (pagṛī).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (357)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUGGRY · 10 relatives 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.
PUGGRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUGGRY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read GGPRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PUGGRY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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