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PLOUGHBOYS
Definition of PLOUGHBOYS
noun
plural of ploughboy
noun
A boy who directed the draught animals that pulled a plough; a boy who served as a ploughman's helper.
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Word DNA
PLOUGHBOYS inherits its ancestry from its root, PLOUGHBOY.
How it is built
Same root, PLOUGHBOY · 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.
PLOUGHBOYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLOUGHBOYS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BGHLOOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PLOUGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found PLOUGHBOYS?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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