The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PUSTULE
Definition of PUSTULE
noun
A small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pustule, from Old French pustule, from Latin pustula (“inflamed sore, blister”).
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.
PUSTULE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 182 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUSTULE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELPSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
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 PUSTUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PUSTULE?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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