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PLAITS
Definition of PLAITS
noun
plural of plait
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Word DNA
PLAITS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLAIT.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,005)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLAIT · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLAITS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 112 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAITS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AILPST - 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 28
Could you have found PLAITS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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