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PROCEEDING
Definition of PROCEEDING
verb
present participle and gerund of proceed
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, proceed + -ing.
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.
PROCEEDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 63, 22 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PROCEEDING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CDEEGINOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PROCEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROCEEDING?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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