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PLIE
Definition of PLIE
noun
Alternative spelling of plié.
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Another sense
PLIE carries a second meaning.
An obsolete spelling of ply.
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PLIE · 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.
PLIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLIE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found PLIE?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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