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PLAID
Definition of PLAID
noun
A type of twilled woollen cloth, often with a tartan or chequered pattern.
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Where it comes from
From Scots plaid, of uncertain origin; perhaps from a past participle form of ply. Scottish Gaelic plaide (“blanket”) is probably a borrowing from Scots. Also compare Scottish Gaelic peall (“covering, veil, blanket”) << Latin pellis (“hide, covering”), but the OED finds the sound changes problematic.
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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.
PLAID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAID starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLAID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found PLAID?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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