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PLEURA
Definition of PLEURA
noun
Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Medieval Latin pleura.
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.
PLEURA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 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 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEURA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AELPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLEURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PLEURA?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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