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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).
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 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
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.
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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