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PUNTY
Definition of PUNTY
noun
A metal rod used in the glassblowing process. After a glass vessel has been blown to approximate size and the bottom of the piece has been finalized, the rod, which is tipped with a wad of hot glass, is attached to the bottom of the vessel to hold it while the top is finalized. It often leaves an irregular or ring-shaped scar on the base when removed, called the pontil mark.
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Where it comes from
1662, from French pontil, from Italian pontello or puntello, diminutive of punto, from Latin punctum (“a point”). Doublet of puntillo and pointel.
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.
PUNTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUNTY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read NPTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PUNTY?
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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