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PLAYMATE
Definition of PLAYMATE
noun
A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From play + mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction.
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.
PLAYMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 122, 19 September 2026.
Built from these letters
PLAYMATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAELMPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start PLAYMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLAYMATE?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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