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PROUD
Definition of PROUD
adjective
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English proud, prout, prut, from Old English prūd, prūt (“proud, arrogant, haughty”) (compare Old English prȳtung (“pride”); prȳde, prȳte (“pride”), see also Old English deal), probably from Old French prod, prut (“brave, gallant”) (modern French preux), from Late Latin prōde (“useful”), derived from Latin prōdesse (“to be of value”); however, the Old English umlaut derivatives prȳte, prȳtian, etc. suggest the word may be older and possibly native. Compare Old Norse prýði (“ornament; gallantry, bravery”). See also pride. Cognate with German Low German praud, Old Norse prúðr (“gallant, brave, magnificent, stately, handsome, fine”) (Icelandic prúður, Middle Swedish prudh, Danish prud).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROUD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PROUD starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DOPRU - 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 PROUD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found PROUD?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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