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PROTRUDES
Definition of PROTRUDES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Word DNA
PROTRUDES inherits its ancestry from its root, PROTRUDE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,589)
How it is built
Same root, PROTRUDE · 2 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.
PROTRUDES 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 6 days.
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
PROTRUDES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEOPRRSTU - 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.
Could you have found PROTRUDES?
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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