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PROFANITY
Definition of PROFANITY
noun
The quality of being profane; quality of irreverence, of treating sacred things with contempt.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin profānitās. By surface analysis, profane + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,764)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROFANITY · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROFANITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 59 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROFANITY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFINOPRTY - 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 24
Could you have found PROFANITY?
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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