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PROGESTIN
Definition of PROGESTIN
noun
A synthetic progestagen intended to mimic the effects of progesterone, often for contraceptive purposes.
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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.
PROGESTIN in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 100 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROGESTIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGINOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROGES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROGESTIN?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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