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PROBOSCIDEAN
Definition of PROBOSCIDEAN
noun
Any of various large, herbivorous mammals, of the order Proboscidea, that have a trunk; an elephant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Proboscidea + -an
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.
PROBOSCIDEAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROBOSCIDEAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEINOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROBOSCI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROBOSCIDEAN?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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