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PUNTER

/ˈpʌn.tə/6 letters

Definition of PUNTER

noun

One who rows or poles a punt or pontoon.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From punt (“a kind of boat”) + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PUNTER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 109
Its 21 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
21
Boards found on
25
First board
109
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PUNTER
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PUNTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ENPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start PUNTER

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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