The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLUGBOARD
Definition of PLUGBOARD
noun
An array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From plug + board.
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.
PLUGBOARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 135, 2 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 135, 2 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLUGBOARD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDGLOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PLUGBOARD?
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 135 - and most players walked straight past it.
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