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PROTRUDE
Definition of PROTRUDE
verb
To cause (something) to extend above, beyond, or from a boundary or surface; to cause (something) to project or stick out.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin prōtrūdere, the present active infinitive of prōtrūdō (“to push or thrust forwards; to protrude”), from prō- (“prefix denoting a forward direction or movement”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pro- (“forward; toward”)) + trūdō (“to push, shove, thrust”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (“to push, thrust”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,843)
How it is built
Same root, PROTRUDE · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROTRUDE 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 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PROTRUDE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEOPRRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start PROTRU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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