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PROTENSIVE
Definition of PROTENSIVE
adjective
Drawn out; extended.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin prōtēnsīvus, from prōtendō (“draw out”).
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.
PROTENSIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROTENSIVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEINOPRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start PROTEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found PROTENSIVE?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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