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PLEONASTE
Definition of PLEONASTE
noun
A black variety of spinel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ancient Greek [Term?] abundant, rich; compare French pléonaste.
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.
PLEONASTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEONASTE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELNOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
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.
Could you have found PLEONASTE?
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 115 - and most players walked straight past it.
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