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PRESCRIBES
Definition of PRESCRIBES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of prescribe
PRESCRIBE
verb
To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).
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Word DNA
PRESCRIBES inherits its ancestry from its root, PRESCRIBE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step 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, PRESCRIBE · 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.
PRESCRIBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRESCRIBES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEEIPRRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, E and S appear more than once.
Words that start PRESCR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRESCRIBES?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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