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PLATEAU
Definition of PLATEAU
noun
A largely level expanse of land at a high elevation; tableland.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French plateau, diminutive of plat (“a plate”); see plate. Doublet of platter.
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.
PLATEAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLATEAU starts with P and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AAELPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PLATEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PLATEAU?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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