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PLAGIARIZE
Definition of PLAGIARIZE
verb
To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From plagiary + -ize, ultimately from Latin plagiare (“to kidnap, to abduct”).
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.
PLAGIARIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 73 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAGIARIZE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGIILPRZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PLAGIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
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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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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