PLACARD

Where it comes from

From Middle English placard (“official document”), from Middle French placard, placart, plaquart (“a placard, a writing pasted on a wall”), from the Old French verb plaquer, plaquier (“to stick or paste, roughcast”), from Middle Dutch placken, plecken (“to glue or fasten, plaster, patch”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“a piece of cloth, patch”), equivalent to plaque + -ard. Related to Middle Low German placken (“to smear with lime or clay, plaster”), Saterland Frisian Plak, Plakke (“a hit, smack, slap”), German Placken (“a spot, patch”), Icelandic plagg (“a document”), Hebrew פלקט (plakat, “a large sheet of paper, typically with a photo or writing, posted on the wall”), English play. Compare also Modern Dutch plakkaat (“placard”), Saterland Frisian Plakoat (“a placard, poster”). More at play.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

PLACARD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

PLACARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDLPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start PLACAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 8