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PLEONASM
Definition of PLEONASM
noun
Redundancy in wording.
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Other senses
PLEONASM carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The use of more words than are required to express an idea; redundancy.
noun
An instance of pleonasm.
noun
A superfluous word or phrase.
noun
Redundancy of language; the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea.
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).
Word DNA
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 (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLEONASM · 2 relatives in the game
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 45 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 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.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PLEONASM. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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