The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PROCEED
Definition of PROCEED
verb
To move, pass, or go forward or onward; to advance; to carry on.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English proceden, from Old French proceder, from Latin prōcēdō (“to go forth, go forward, advance”), from prō (“forth”) + cēdō (“to go”); see cede.
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.
PROCEED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROCEED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEEOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROCEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROCEED?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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