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PLATONICS
Definition of PLATONICS
Wiktionary has no entry for PLATONICS itself. This is its base word, PLATONIC.
adjective
Neither sexual nor romantic in nature; being or exhibiting platonic love.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for PLATONIC.
Variant of Platonic, which see. The sense “non-sexual” dates to the 17th century in English, and to the 15th century in Latin; see platonic love for details.
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.
PLATONICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLATONICS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACILNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLATON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PLATONICS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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