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PLOUGHER
Definition of PLOUGHER
noun
Alternative spelling of plower.
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Word DNA
PLOUGHER inherits its ancestry from its root, PLOUGH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLOUGH · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Scots, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOUGHER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLOUGHER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGHLOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLOUGH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PLOUGHER?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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