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PLEONASM
Definition of PLEONASM
noun
Redundancy in wording.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin pleonasmus, from Ancient Greek πλεονασμός (pleonasmós), from πλεονάζω (pleonázō, “to be superfluous”), from πλείων (pleíōn, “more”).
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.
PLEONASM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLEONASM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AELMNOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLEONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PLEONASM?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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