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PUNCTURES
Definition of PUNCTURES
noun
plural of puncture
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Word DNA
PUNCTURES inherits its ancestry from its root, PUNCTURE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PUNCTURE · 2 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.
PUNCTURES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PUNCTURES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CENPRSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start PUNCTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PUNCTURES?
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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