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PURR

/pɜː/4 letters

Definition of PURR

verb

To make a vibrating sound in its throat when contented or in certain other conditions.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Onomatopoeic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb1 syllable

Same root, PURR · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

PURR in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 162
Its one board, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
138
First board
24
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.

First ever to find it

pastapliiats

on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PURR
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PURR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read PRRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

RURP

Words that start PURR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PURR?

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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.

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