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PROLIFERATING
Definition of PROLIFERATING
verb
present participle and gerund of proliferate
PROLIFERATE
verb
To increase in number or spread rapidly; to multiply.
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Word DNA
PROLIFERATING inherits its ancestry from its root, PROLIFERATE.
How it is built
Same root, PROLIFERATE · 2 relatives 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.
PROLIFERATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PROLIFERATING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEFGIILNOPRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and I appear more than once.
Words that start PROLIFERA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROLIFERATING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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