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PROPENSION
Definition of PROPENSION
noun
Propensity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French propension, and its source, Latin prōpēnsiō, from the participle stem of prōpendeō.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROPENSION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROPENSION starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EINNOOPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P, O and N appear more than once.
Words that start PROPEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROPENSION?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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