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PLANK
Definition of PLANK
noun
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick. A flat piece of wood on which to cook fish, so that the wood provides flavor and helps to produce a pleasing texture.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English plank, planke, borrowed from Old French planke, Old Northern French planque (compare French planche, from Old French planche), from Vulgar Latin planca, from palanca, from Latin phalanga. The Latin term derives from the Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx), so it is thus a doublet of phalange and phalanx. Compare also the doublets planch, planche, and plancha, borrowed later from Middle French, Modern French, and Spanish, respectively.
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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.
PLANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLANK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AKLNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLANK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found PLANK?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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