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FIREPLUG
Definition of FIREPLUG
noun
A fire hydrant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fire + plug, referring to the system used prior to fire hydrants, in which a large plug was placed into a hole in the water main, then covered with a barrel. The plug was removed when water was needed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FIREPLUG · 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.
FIREPLUG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First found by a player on Day 98, 26 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FIREPLUG starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGILPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIREPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIREPLUG?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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