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PROVINCE
Definition of PROVINCE
noun
A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Old French province, from Latin prōvincia, seemingly corresponding to prō- (“forward”) + vinciō (“to bind, bind about, fetter, tie, fasten, surround, encircle”). Displaced Old English boldġetæl.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROVINCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVINCE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEINOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PROVIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found PROVINCE?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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