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PROTYLES
Definition of PROTYLES
noun
plural of protyle
noun
A hypothetical base substance from which all chemical elements were believed to have been made; subatomic particles.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PROTYL · 2 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.
PROTYLES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROTYLES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROTYL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROTYLES?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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