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PROFICIENT
Definition of PROFICIENT
adjective
Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill.
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Where it comes from
From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROFICIENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
PROFICIENT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEFIINOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROFIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PROFICIENT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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