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PUTTY

/ˈpʌti/5 letters

Definition of PUTTY

noun

A form of cement, made from linseed oil and whiting, used to fixate panes of glass.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French potée (“polishing powder", originally "the contents of a pot, potful”), from French pot (“pot”). More at English pot.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

PUTTY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 86 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 2 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
106
First board
111
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

mightymoo

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PUTTY
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start PUTTY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PUTTYINGPUTTYLESSPUTTYLIKEPUTTYROOTPUTTYROOTS

Could you have found PUTTY?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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