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PROLIXITY
Definition of PROLIXITY
noun
Long-windedness, tiresome length, an excess of words.
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Other senses
PROLIXITY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The state of being prolix; extension; length.
noun
Lengthiness; minute and superfluous detail; tediousness.
noun
The quality or state of being prolix; great length; minute detail.
“prolixity in discourses and writings”
noun
long-windedness, an excess of words
Where it comes from
From Old French prolixite, from Latin prolixitas. By surface analysis, prolix + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% 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.
PROLIXITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 123, 20 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROLIXITY starts with P and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read IILOPRTXY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PROLIXITY. 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 32
Could you have found PROLIXITY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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