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PROSIMIAN
Definition of PROSIMIAN
noun
A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.
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Where it comes from
From pro- + simian.
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.
PROSIMIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
PROSIMIAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIIMNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROSIM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROSIMIAN?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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