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PLOWSTAFF
Definition of PLOWSTAFF
noun
The hind part or handle of a plow.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From plow + 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.
PLOWSTAFF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
PLOWSTAFF starts with P and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AFFLOPSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PLOWST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLOWSTAFF?
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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