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PROVERBS
Definition of PROVERBS
noun
plural of proverb
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Word DNA
PROVERBS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROVERB.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,424)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROVERB · 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.
PROVERBS 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 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
PROVERBS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEOPRRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start PROVER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROVERBS?
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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