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TUFFET
Definition of TUFFET
noun
A clump of grass or similar vegetation; a small grass-covered mound.
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Where it comes from
From Old French touffel, diminutive of touffe (“tuft”). Regarding etymological and semantic uncertainty, see Wikipedia at Little Miss Muffet § Tuffet and §§ Uncertain meaning.
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.
TUFFET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
TUFFET starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFFTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found TUFFET?
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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