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PROFOUNDS
Definition of PROFOUNDS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of profound
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Word DNA
PROFOUNDS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROFOUND.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROFOUND · 2 relatives 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.
PROFOUNDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PROFOUNDS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DFNOOPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROFOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PROFOUNDS?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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