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PLOD
Definition of PLOD
noun
A slow or labored walk or other motion or activity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English *plodden (found only in derivative plodder), probably originally a splash through water and mud, from plodde, pludde (“a puddle”) (whence modern plud). Compare Scots plod, plodge, plodder, dialectal Dutch plodden, plodderen, dialectal German ploddern, Danish pladder (“mire”).
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.
PLOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLOD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DLOP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found PLOD?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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