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PLEACH
Definition of PLEACH
verb
To unite by interweaving, as branches of shrubs, trees, etc., to create a hedge; to interlock, to plash.
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Where it comes from
The verb is from Late Middle English pleshe, Middle English plechen, pleche (“to layer; to propagate (a plant) by layering, to pleach”), possibly from Anglo-Norman and Middle French plesser, plessier, Middle French plescer, variants of Middle French, Old French plaissier, plessier (“to plash”), from Late Latin *plaxus, from Latin plexus (“braided, plaited, woven; bent, twisted”), perfect passive participle of plectō (“to braid, plait, weave; to bend, turn, twist”). The noun is derived from the verb.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLEACH · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLEACH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEACH starts with P and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 PLEACH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 35
Could you have found PLEACH?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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