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PLUMB
Definition of PLUMB
noun
A little mass of lead, or the like, attached to a line, and used by builders, etc., to indicate a vertical direction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English plumbe, plumme, from Old French *plombe, from Latin plumba, plural of plumbum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLUMB · 6 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.
PLUMB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLUMB starts with P and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BLMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PLUMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found PLUMB?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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