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PLAYDATE
Definition of PLAYDATE
noun
The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house, traditionally scheduled by both children's parents. Any scheduled recreation, especially if not scheduled by those directly involved.
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Where it comes from
From play + date.
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.
PLAYDATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAYDATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADELPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PLAYDA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PLAYDATE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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