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PLANCHET
Definition of PLANCHET
noun
A flat disk of metal used as a blank for stamping a coin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French planchette. By surface analysis, French planche + -et.
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.
PLANCHET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLANCHET starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLANCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PLANCHET?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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