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PRONATE
Definition of PRONATE
verb
To turn or rotate one’s hand and forearm so that the palm faces down if the forearm is horizontal, back if the arm is pointing down, or forward if the forearm is pointing up; to twist the right forearm counterclockwise or the left forearm clockwise.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
PRONATE carries 4 further meanings.
intransitive verb
To turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm faces down or back.
intransitive verb
To turn or rotate (the foot) by abduction and eversion so that the inner edge of the sole bears the body's weight.
intransitive verb
To place in a prone position.
intransitive verb
To become pronated.
Where it comes from
From Latin prōnatus, past participle of prōnare (“to bend forward”). See prone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PRONATE · 3 relatives in the game
PRONATE in a sentence
“When your feet abnormally pronate, it will cause your arch to collapse towards the ground and flatten out.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PRONATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 129 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PRONATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AENOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of PRONATE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PRONAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found PRONATE?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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