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PLAYA
Definition of PLAYA
noun
A level area which habitually fills with water that evaporates entirely.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish playa (“beach”). Doublet of plage.
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.
PLAYA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLAYA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLAYA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PLAYA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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