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PROFICIENCY
Definition of PROFICIENCY
noun
Ability, skill, competence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From proficient or its etymon, Latin prōficiēns (present participle of prōficiō), + -ency.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROFICIENCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROFICIENCY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CCEFIINOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once.
Words that start PROFICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROFICIENCY?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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