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PLUS
Definition of PLUS
preposition
And; sum of the previous one and the following one.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin plūs (“more”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PLUS · 4 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.
PLUS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 66 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PLUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LPSU - 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 PLUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PLUS?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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