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PLATFORM
Definition of PLATFORM
noun
A raised stage from which speeches are made and on which musical and other performances are made.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French plateforme (“a flat form”), from plate (“flat”) (from Old French plat, from Ancient Greek πλατύς (platús, “flat”)) + forme (“form”) (from Latin fōrma (“shape; figure; form”)); compare flatscape.
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.
PLATFORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLATFORM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AFLMOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLATFO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found PLATFORM?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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