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PLASTER
Definition of PLASTER
noun
A paste applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English plaster, plastre, from Old English plaster, from late Latin plastrum, shortened from Classical Latin emplastrum (“a plaster, bandage”); later reinforced by Anglo-Norman plastre. Displaced native Old English clīþa. The verb is from Middle English plastren, from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLASTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLASTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLASTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PLASTER?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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