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PLECOPTERAN
Definition of PLECOPTERAN
noun
Any insect in the order Plecoptera, the stoneflies.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PLECOPTERAN · 1 relative 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.
PLECOPTERAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 49 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLECOPTERAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEELNOPPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and E appear more than once.
Could you have found PLECOPTERAN?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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