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PLATBANDS
Definition of PLATBANDS
noun
plural of platband
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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.
PLATBANDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
Built from these letters
PLATBANDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABDLNPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PLATBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLATBANDS?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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