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PRIG
Definition of PRIG
noun
A deliberately superior person; a person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
UK 16th century. Of unknown origin. Earlier noun senses ("tinker" and "thief"), as hyponyms of "undesirable person", may have informed later senses ("conceited person").
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PRIG · 3 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.
PRIG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 182 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PRIG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GIPR - 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 PRIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found PRIG?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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