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PROTHETIC

/pɹɒˈθɛtɪk/9 letters

Definition of PROTHETIC

adjective

of, relating to, or involving prothesis

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Where it comes from

From Ancient Greek προθετικός (prothetikós).

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,280)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

adjective3 syllables

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PROTHETIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its 2 boards, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
117
First board
154
Latest board
37
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

doodlemom

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PROTHETIC
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PROTHETIC starts with P and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHIOPRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start PROTHE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found PROTHETIC?

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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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