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PROVECTIONS
Definition of PROVECTIONS
noun
plural of provection
PROVECTION
noun
The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "a nickname" from Middle English "an ekename".
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Word DNA
PROVECTIONS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROVECTION.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.9%
of traced words share this origin (9,181)
branch · 32.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROVECTION · 1 relative 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.
PROVECTIONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 133, 30 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 133, 30 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVECTIONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEINOOPRSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROVECT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROVECTIONS?
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 133 - and most players walked straight past it.
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