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PLOUGHSTAFF
Definition of PLOUGHSTAFF
noun
The hind part or handle of a plough.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From plough + staff.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOUGHSTAFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLOUGHSTAFF starts with P and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AFFGHLOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PLOUGHS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLOUGHSTAFF?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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