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PROLONGATE
Definition of PROLONGATE
verb
Synonym of prolong.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin prōlongāt-, the past participial stem of prōlongō.
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.
PROLONGATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 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 49, 8 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PROLONGATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGLNOOPRT - 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 49
Could you have found PROLONGATE?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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