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PROTOGINE
Definition of PROTOGINE
noun
A form of granite containing silvery flakes of talc or similar minerals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French protogine, coined in 1806 on the basis of Ancient Greek πρωτόγονος (prōtógonos, “first-created”), with an added suffix -ine, which the author used for certain minerals.
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.
PROTOGINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 86, 14 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 86, 14 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROTOGINE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGINOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROTOG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROTOGINE?
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 86 - and most players walked straight past it.
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