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PLANTAINS
Definition of PLANTAINS
noun
plural of plantain
noun
Any plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm (4") long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
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Word DNA
PLANTAINS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLANTAIN.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,413)
How it is built
Same root, PLANTAIN · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLANTAINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLANTAINS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAILNNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear 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.
Could you have found PLANTAINS?
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