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PROLOG
Definition of PROLOG
noun
Uncommon spelling of prologue.
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Word DNA
PROLOG inherits its ancestry from its root, PROLOGUE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROLOGUE · 8 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.
PROLOG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 71 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROLOG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GLOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROLOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROLOG?
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 97 - and most players walked straight past it.
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