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PLEATING
Definition of PLEATING
verb
present participle and gerund of pleat
noun
A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
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Word DNA
PLEATING inherits its ancestry from its root, PLEAT.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (843)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLEAT · 4 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.
PLEATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 36 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
PLEATING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGILNPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PLEATING?
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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