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PLATOON
Definition of PLATOON
noun
A unit of thirty to forty soldiers typically commanded by a lieutenant and forming part of a company.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From obsolete French plauton, variant of peloton, from Middle French pelote + -on. Doublet of peloton. Compare pellet.
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.
PLATOON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLATOON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ALNOOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PLATOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PLATOON?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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