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PLATANE
Definition of PLATANE
noun
Obsolete form of platan.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLATANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 39, 28 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 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
PLATANE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAELNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PLATANE?
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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