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PLEDGET
Definition of PLEDGET
noun
A small flat absorbent pad of cotton or wool, used to medicate, drain, or protect a wound or sore.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
English dialect word for a small plug, using -et (“diminutive suffix”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLEDGET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEDGET starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DEEGLPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PLEDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found PLEDGET?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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