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PLAINEST
Definition of PLAINEST
adjective
superlative form of plain: most plain
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Word DNA
PLAINEST inherits its ancestry from its root, PLAIN.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLAIN · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLAINEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PLAINEST starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEILNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PLAINEST?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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