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PLEASURE
Definition of PLEASURE
noun
A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Early Modern English pleasur, plesur, alteration (with ending accommodated to -ure) of Middle English plaisir (“pleasure”), from Old French plesir, plaisir (“to please”), infinitive used as a noun, conjugated form of plaisir or plaire, from Latin placeō (“to please, to seem good”), from the Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-k- (“wide and flat”). Related to Dutch plezier (“pleasure, fun”). More at please.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,623)
How it is built
Same root, PLEASURE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLEASURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEASURE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PLEASU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PLEASURE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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