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PLOT
Definition of PLOT
noun
The course of a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English plot, plotte, from late Old English plot (“a plot of ground”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *plataz, *platjaz (“a patch”); or alternatively, perhaps from a rebracketing of Old English land-splott (“small portion, or plot, of ground”) taken as landes-plot (“plot of land”). Compare Middle Low German plet (“patch, strip of cloth, rags”), German Bletz (“rags, bits, strip of land”), and possibly Gothic 𐍀𐌻𐌰𐍄 (plat, “a patch, rags”). See also plat. See also complot for an influence and reinforcement of noun sense 8. Noun sense 12 is a back-formation from for the plot.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PLOT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read LOPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found PLOT?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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