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PROTOSTELE
Definition of PROTOSTELE
noun
A type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a solid core, with no central pith or leaf gaps.
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Where it comes from
From proto- + stele.
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.
PROTOSTELE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROTOSTELE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELOOPRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O, T and E appear more than once.
Words that start PROTOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROTOSTELE?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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