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PLECTRON
Definition of PLECTRON
noun
Alternative form of plectrum.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLECTRON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 80, 8 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 80, 8 August 2026.
Built from these letters
PLECTRON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CELNOPRT - 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.
Could you have found PLECTRON?
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 80 - and most players walked straight past it.
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