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PROBAND
Definition of PROBAND
noun
An individual who presents with a genetic disorder or other specific characteristic, when this leads to the genetic investigation of the individual's family.
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Where it comes from
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from Latin probandus (“the one to be tested”) (denoting, in this application, the first one tested); By surface analysis, probe + -and.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROBAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 93 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROBAND starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROBAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PROBAND?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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