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PLEA
Definition of PLEA
noun
An appeal, petition, urgent prayer or entreaty.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ple, from Old French plait, plaid, from Medieval Latin placitum (“a decree, sentence, suit, plea, etc., Latin an opinion, determination, prescription, order; literally, that which is pleasing, pleasure”), neuter of placitus, past participle of placere (“to please”). Cognate with Spanish pleito (“lawsuit, suit”). Doublet of placit. See also please, pleasure.
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.
PLEA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLEA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AELP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLEA?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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