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PLOUGHWISE
Definition of PLOUGHWISE
adjective
Moving, like a plough on a field, alternately from left to right and from right to left.
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Where it comes from
From plough + -wise.
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.
PLOUGHWISE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLOUGHWISE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGHILOPSUW - 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.
Could you have found PLOUGHWISE?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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