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PROLIXIOUS
Definition of PROLIXIOUS
adjective
Prolix (tediously long or long-winded).
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Where it comes from
Compare prolix. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. Particularly: “no French etymon?”
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,548)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROLIXIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROLIXIOUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read IILOOPRSUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start PROLIX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROLIXIOUS?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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