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PLACATES
Definition of PLACATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of placate
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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.
PLACATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLACATES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACELPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PLACAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PLACATES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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