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PROCLITIC
Definition of PROCLITIC
noun
A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic.
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.
PROCLITIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROCLITIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CCIILOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and I appear more than once.
Words that start PROCLI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROCLITIC?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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