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PROLOGUE
Definition of PROLOGUE
noun
A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.
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.
PROLOGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PROLOGUE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGLOOPRU - 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.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PROLOGUE?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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