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PLOYING
Definition of PLOYING
verb
present participle and gerund of ploy
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Word DNA
PLOYING inherits its ancestry from its root, PLOY.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLOY · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PLOYING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 55 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLOYING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNOPY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PLOYING?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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