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PROBOSCIDES
Definition of PROBOSCIDES
noun
plural of proboscis
noun
An elongated tube from the head or connected to the mouth, of an animal. The tubular feeding and sucking organ of certain invertebrates like insects, worms and molluscs. The trunk of an elephant.
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Word DNA
PROBOSCIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, PROBOSCIS.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, PROBOSCIS · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROBOSCIDES 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 3 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
PROBOSCIDES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCDEIOOPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and S appear more than once.
Words that start PROBOSC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROBOSCIDES?
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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