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PROLONG
Definition of PROLONG
verb
To extend in space or length.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Either a back-formation from prolongation, or from Old French prolonguer or porloignier, from Latin prōlongō, from prō + longō. Doublet of purloin.
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.
PROLONG in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROLONG starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GLNOOPR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROLON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PROLONG?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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