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PROBOSCIDEANS
Definition of PROBOSCIDEANS
noun
plural of proboscidean
noun
Any of various large, herbivorous mammals, of the order Proboscidea, that have a trunk; an elephant.
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Word DNA
PROBOSCIDEANS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROBOSCIDEAN.
How it is built
Same root, PROBOSCIDEAN · 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.
PROBOSCIDEANS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROBOSCIDEANS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABCDEINOOPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once.
Words that start PROBOSCID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROBOSCIDEANS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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