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PROLIX
Definition of PROLIX
adjective
Tediously lengthy; dwelling on trivial details.
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Other senses
PROLIX carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Tediously prolonged; wordy.
“editing a prolix manuscript.”
adjective
Tending to speak or write at excessive length. synonym: wordy.
Long; extended.
Of long duration.
Where it comes from
From Old French prolixe, from Latin prōlixus (“stretched out; courteous, favorable”). The verb is derived from the adjective.
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.
PROLIX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 202 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROLIX starts with P and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ILOPRX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PROLIX. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start PROLIX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found PROLIX?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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