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PUTTYROOTS
Definition of PUTTYROOTS
noun
plural of puttyroot
noun
An American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled with glutinous matter.
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Word DNA
PUTTYROOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, PUTTYROOT.
How it is built
Same root, PUTTYROOT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PUTTYROOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PUTTYROOTS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read OOPRSTTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PUTTYROOTS?
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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