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PLAGUE
Definition of PLAGUE
noun
The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plāghe (> Dutch plaag), plāghen (> Dutch plagen); Middle Low German plāge; Middle High German plāge, pflāge (> German Plage); plāgen (> German plagen); Swedish plåga; French plaie, Occitan plaga. Doublet of plaga. Displaced native Old English wōl.
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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.
PLAGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAGUE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGLPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLAGUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PLAGUE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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