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PLATAN
Definition of PLATAN
noun
A planetree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin platanus; later reborrowed from Middle French platane.
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.
PLATAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLATAN starts with P and ends with N. 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 PLATAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLATAN?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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