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PLEBEAN

7 letters

Definition of PLEBEAN

adjective

Obsolete form of plebeian.

PLEBEIAN

noun

A member of the plebs, the common citizens of ancient Rome.

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Word DNA

PLEBEAN inherits its ancestry from its root, PLEBEIAN.

Line of descent

  1. Middle French
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Middle French

Deepest traced root

13th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1%

of traced words share this origin (849)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

adjectivecompound-an-ius

Same root, PLEBEIAN · 4 relatives in the game

Every Middle French word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PLEBEAN in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 161
Its 17 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
17
Boards found on
28
First board
158
Latest board
40
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PLEBEAN
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

PLEBEAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABEELNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start PLEBEA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PLEBEANS

Could you have found PLEBEAN?

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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.

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