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PLANKED
Definition of PLANKED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Word DNA
PLANKED inherits its ancestry from its root, PLANK.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,517)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLANK · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle French, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLANKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 74 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLANKED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEKLNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PLANKED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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