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PLAYGROUND
Definition of PLAYGROUND
noun
A large open space for children to play in, usually having dedicated play equipment (such as swings and slides).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From play + ground. Compare Middle English playstede (“playground”) from Old English pleġstede.
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.
PLAYGROUND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLAYGROUND starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADGLNOPRUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLAYGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PLAYGROUND?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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