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PROGENIES
Definition of PROGENIES
noun
plural of progeny
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Another sense
PROGENIES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of progeny.
Word DNA
PROGENIES inherits its ancestry from its root, PROGENY.
Line of descent
3 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, PROGENY · 1 relative in the game
PROGENIES in a sentence
“Win or lose, American political progenies -- Kennedys, Reagans, Bushes, Clintons, Cheneys and now Quayles -- have a way of meandering upon the national stage for decades on end.”
Mark Katz: Fast Forward: The Ben Quayle Story (PHOTOS), 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROGENIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 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 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROGENIES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGINOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROGEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found PROGENIES?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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