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PLOUGHSHARE
Definition of PLOUGHSHARE
noun
The cutting edge of a plough, typically a metal blade.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English plowgh-schare, plowh schare, equivalent to plough + share. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Plouchskoar (“ploughshare”), West Frisian ploechskaar (“ploughshare”), Dutch ploegschaar (“ploughshare”), German Low German Ploogschoor (“ploughshare”), German Pflugschar (“ploughshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploughshare”), Norwegian plogskjær (“ploughshare”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English culter (“ploughshare”), from Old English culter (“ploughshare, coulter, dagger”), borrowed from Latin culter (“knife, razor”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,314)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, Latin, Norwegian, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOUGHSHARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLOUGHSHARE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGHHLOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. H appears more than once.
Words that start PLOUGHS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLOUGHSHARE?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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