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TUFF
Definition of TUFF
noun
A light porous rock, now especially a rock composed of compacted volcanic ash varying in size from fine sand to coarse gravel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French tuffe, tuf, from Italian tufo, from Latin tōfus. Doublet of tufa.
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.
TUFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUFF starts with T and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read FFTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start TUFF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TUFF?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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