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PLINK
Definition of PLINK
noun
A short, high-pitched metallic or percussive sound.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeic.
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.
PLINK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLINK starts with P and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read IKLNP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLINK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PLINK?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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