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PRACTISE

/ˈpɹæktɪs/8 letters

Definition of PRACTISE

verb

To repeat (an activity) as a way of improving one's skill in that activity.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English practizen, a variant of practisen, from Middle French pratiser, practiser, from Medieval Latin practizo, from Late Latin practico (“to do, perform, execute, propose, practise, exercise, be conversant with, contrive, conspire, etc.”), from prāctica (“practical affairs", "business”), from Ancient Greek πρᾱκτική (prāktikḗ), from πρᾱκτικός (prāktikós, “practical”), from πρᾱ́σσειν (prā́ssein, “to do”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per(h₂)- (“to go over, cross”).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PRACTISE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 99
Its 12 boards, across 99 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
25
First board
95
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PRACTISE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PRACTISE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start PRACTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PRACTICPRACTICEPRACTICKPRACTICSPRACTIVEPRACTICALPRACTICEDPRACTICERPRACTICESPRACTICKSPRACTICUMPRACTIQUE

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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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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