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PLANS
Definition of PLANS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of plan
noun
A drawing showing technical details of a building, machine, etc., with unwanted details omitted, and often using symbols rather than detailed drawing to represent doors, valves, etc.
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Word DNA
PLANS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLAN.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLAN · 7 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLANS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PLANS?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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