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PROCTODEUM
Definition of PROCTODEUM
noun
The back ectodermal part of an alimentary canal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek πρωκτός (prōktós, “rectum”) + a latinized and nominalized form of Ancient Greek ὁδαῖος (hodaîos, “on the way”). Compare stomodeum, urodeum, coprodeum, and phallodeum.
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.
PROCTODEUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROCTODEUM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CDEMOOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROCTO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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