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PROGNOSTIC
Definition of PROGNOSTIC
adjective
Of, pertaining to or characterized by prognosis or prediction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin prognosticus, from Ancient Greek προγνωστικός (prognōstikós, “foreknowing”), from πρό (pró) + γνωστικός (gnōstikós, “of or for knowing, good at knowing”), from γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “to learn to know, to perceive, to mark, to learn”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROGNOSTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 79 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROGNOSTIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CGINOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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 PROGNO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found PROGNOSTIC?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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