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PLODDER
Definition of PLODDER
noun
A person who, or animal that, plods.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English plodder, equivalent to plod + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,177)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLODDER · 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.
PLODDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
Built from these letters
PLODDER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DDELOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found PLODDER?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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