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PLANTA
Definition of PLANTA
noun
The sole of the foot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin planta (“sole of the foot”). Doublet of clan and plant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLANTA · 1 relative 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.
PLANTA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLANTA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLANTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PLANTA?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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