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PLUMBIC
Definition of PLUMBIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or containing lead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin plumbum (“lead”) + -ic, originally in calques of French plombique, from plomb (“lead”) + -ique (“-ic”). See also molybdic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
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.
PLUMBIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 48 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PLUMBIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read BCILMPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PLUMBI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found PLUMBIC?
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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