The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PLUGBOARDS
Definition of PLUGBOARDS
noun
plural of plugboard
noun
An array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.
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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.
PLUGBOARDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 174, 10 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLUGBOARDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDGLOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found PLUGBOARDS?
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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.
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