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PUHAS
Definition of PUHAS
Wiktionary has no entry for PUHAS itself. This is its base word, PUHA.
noun
Any of various Eurasian sowthistles of the genus Sonchus, used as a vegetable by Māori people; especially the prickly sowthistle, Sonchus asper.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PUHA.
Borrowed from Māori pūhā.
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.
PUHAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 74 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUHAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AHPSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PUHAS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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