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PLAGUED
Definition of PLAGUED
verb
simple past and past participle of plague
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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.
PLAGUED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 63 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
PLAGUED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGLPU - 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 PLAGUED?
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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