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PLOTZ
Definition of PLOTZ
verb
To flop down wearily.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish פּלאַצן (platsn, “to split, crack, burst, explode”).
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.
PLOTZ in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 69, 28 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLOTZ starts with P and ends with Z. Sorted, its letters read LOPTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PLOTZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLOTZ?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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