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PROVE
Definition of PROVE
verb
To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English proven, from Old English prōfian (“to esteem, regard as, evince, try, prove”) and Old French prover (“to prove”), both from Latin probō (“test, try, examine, approve, show to be good or fit, prove”, verb), from probus (“good, worthy, excellent”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-bʰuH-s (“being in front, prominent”), from *pro-, *per- (“toward”) + *bʰuH- (“to be”). Displaced native Middle English sothen (“to prove”), from Old English sōþian (“to prove”). Doublet of probe. More at for, be, soothe.
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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.
PROVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROVE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROVE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found PROVE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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