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PUNSTER
Definition of PUNSTER
noun
A person who makes puns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pun + -ster.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PUN · 7 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.
PUNSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUNSTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ENPRSTU - 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.
Words that start PUNSTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PUNSTER?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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