The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PURFLING
Definition of PURFLING
noun
Two or more very narrow strips of black wood enclosing a lighter-coloured strip of wood set close to the edge of the top and back of a string instrument such as a violin, cello or a guitar, following its outline, or this effect simulated with paint.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PURFLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PURFLING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGILNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found PURFLING?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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