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TUFTY

/ˈtʌfti/5 letters

Definition of TUFTY

adjective

Having the form of or resembling a tuft (“a bunch of grass, hair, etc., held together at the base”).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From tuft + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjectives).

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.

TUFTY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

vortenjou

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

TUFTY starts with T and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Could you have found TUFTY?

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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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