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PLEASED
Definition of PLEASED
adjective
Happy, content.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English plesed, iplesed (past participle) and Middle English plesede (preterit), both equivalent to please + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLEAS · 2 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.
PLEASED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PLEASED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEELPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLEASE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found PLEASED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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