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PLIGHTERS
Definition of PLIGHTERS
noun
plural of plighter
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Word DNA
PLIGHTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLIGHTER.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLIGHTERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 56 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLIGHTERS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGHILPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLIGHT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found PLIGHTERS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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