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PROLEGS
Definition of PROLEGS
noun
plural of proleg
noun
An appendage of the abdomen of some insect larvae, such as caterpillars, which is used like a leg.
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Word DNA
PROLEGS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROLEG.
How it is built
Same root, PROLEG · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROLEGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROLEGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGLOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROLEG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROLEGS?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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