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PUTREFY
Definition of PUTREFY
verb
To fester or rot and exude a fetid stench.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French putréfier.
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.
PUTREFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUTREFY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EFPRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PUTREF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PUTREFY?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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