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PLEURAS
Definition of PLEURAS
noun
plural of pleura
noun
Each of a pair of smooth serous membranes which line the thorax and envelop the lungs in humans and other mammals.
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Word DNA
PLEURAS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLEURA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLEURA · 1 relative 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.
PLEURAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLEURAS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AELPRSU - 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 PLEURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found PLEURAS?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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