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PRIMOGENITOR
Definition of PRIMOGENITOR
noun
An initial ancestor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin primus (“first”) + -o- + genitor (Latin genitor). Compare progenitor. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRIMOGENITOR · 1 relative 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.
PRIMOGENITOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRIMOGENITOR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGIIMNOOPRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R, I and O appear more than once.
Words that start PRIMOGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PRIMOGENITOR?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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