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PROJECTIONS
Definition of PROJECTIONS
noun
plural of projection
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Word DNA
PROJECTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROJECTION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROJECTION · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROJECTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 63, 22 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 63, 22 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PROJECTIONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIJNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PROJECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROJECTIONS?
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 63 - and most players walked straight past it.
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