The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLECTRA
Definition of PLECTRA
noun
plural of plectrum
noun
A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
PLECTRA inherits its ancestry from its root, PLECTRUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLECTRUM · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLECTRA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
PLECTRA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACELPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLECTR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found PLECTRA?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER