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PROHIBIT
Definition of PROHIBIT
verb
To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).
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.
PROHIBIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROHIBIT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BHIIOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROHIB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PROHIBIT?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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