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PLICATURES
Definition of PLICATURES
noun
plural of plicature
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Word DNA
PLICATURES inherits its ancestry from its root, PLICATURE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLICATURE · 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.
PLICATURES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 51 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PLICATURES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLICAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLICATURES?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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