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PROVENTRICULUS
Definition of PROVENTRICULUS
noun
The part of the avian stomach, between the crop and the gizzard, that secretes digestive enzymes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin proventriculus (19th century), from pro- + ventriculus.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROVENTRICULUS 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 5 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
PROVENTRICULUS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEILNOPRRSTUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and U appear more than once.
Could you have found PROVENTRICULUS?
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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