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PRAIRIE
Definition of PRAIRIE
noun
An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French prairie, from Old French praerie, from Vulgar Latin *prataria, from Latin prātum (“meadow”) + -aria.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRAIRIE · 2 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.
PRAIRIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRAIRIE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIIPRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once.
Could you have found PRAIRIE?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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