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PROTRACTED
Definition of PROTRACTED
verb
simple past and past participle of protract
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Word DNA
PROTRACTED inherits its ancestry from its root, PROTRACT.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,339)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROTRACT · 3 relatives 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.
PROTRACTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROTRACTED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDEOPRRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and T appear more than once.
Words that start PROTRA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROTRACTED?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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