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PLAGIARIST
Definition of PLAGIARIST
noun
One who plagiarizes; or lifts the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his or her own, thus engaging in plagiarism; a literary thief.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From plagiary + -ist.
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.
PLAGIARIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLAGIARIST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAGIILPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start PLAGIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found PLAGIARIST?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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