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PLEONASTIC
Definition of PLEONASTIC
adjective
Of, or relating to pleonasm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pleonasm + -astic.
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.
PLEONASTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEONASTIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOPST - 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 45
Could you have found PLEONASTIC?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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