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PROTOHUMAN
Definition of PROTOHUMAN
adjective
Pertaining to the first humans or the beginning of humankind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From proto- + human.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PROTOHUMAN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROTOHUMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 45, 4 July 2026.
Built from these letters
PROTOHUMAN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AHMNOOPRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROTOH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found PROTOHUMAN?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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