Plugh

Plugh is a team that participates in online hunts. The team was formed in 2006 to play the Sekkrets Puzzle Hunt, winning the hunt. Since then, the team has been very successful in online hunts in the late 2000's and early 2010's, especially in Australian hunts. The group is the core of the MIT Mystery Hunt team Team To Be Named Later.

History
The team was formed in 2006 to play the Sekkrets Puzzle Hunt. The name plugh comes from the text adventure Colossal Cave Adventure, where it is a magic word, as a different magic word in the same game, "plover", is the surname of one of the founding members. A third magic word in the game, "xyzzy", has also been used as a separate subteam name at times. The pronunciation of "plugh" is uncertain, leading to subteam names often being of the form plugh (pronounced X), where X has been, at times, "plug", "pluff", "plough", and others.