The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
PROPOSAL
Definition of PROPOSAL
noun
Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From propose + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
PROPOSAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROPOSAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALOOPPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P and O appear more than once.
Words that start PROPOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROPOSAL?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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