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PLAAS
Definition of PLAAS
noun
A farm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Afrikaans plaas (“farm”). Doublet of place, piazza, and plaza.
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.
PLAAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLAAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AALPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLAAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found PLAAS?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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