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PLAIT
Definition of PLAIT
noun
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English pleit, from Anglo-Norman pleit (compare Old French ploit), from Latin plectō, which is akin to Old Norse flétta (Danish flette), Russian плести́ (plestí) and also to Old English fleohtan, which it displaced. Doublet of plight (“plait, fold”) and pleat.
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.
PLAIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 187 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLAIT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AILPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLAIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PLAIT?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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