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PROLICIDE
Definition of PROLICIDE
noun
The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin prōlēs (“offspring”) + -cide.
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.
PROLICIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROLICIDE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEIILOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROLIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found PROLICIDE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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