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PLECTRONS
Definition of PLECTRONS
noun
plural of plectron
PLECTRUM · via plectron
noun
A small piece of plastic, metal, ivory, etc., for plucking the strings of a guitar, lyre, mandolin, etc.
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Word DNA
PLECTRONS 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 (9,700)
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.
PLECTRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
Built from these letters
PLECTRONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CELNOPRST - 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 PLECTRONS?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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