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PLEADED
Definition of PLEADED
verb
simple past and past participle of plead
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Word DNA
PLEADED inherits its ancestry from its root, PLEAD.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,639)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLEAD · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLEADED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEADED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEELP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and D appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PLEADED?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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