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PROFANED
Definition of PROFANED
adjective
Treated with irreverence or without due respect.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the past and past participle of the verb profane.
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.
PROFANED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROFANED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFNOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROFAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found PROFANED?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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