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PROVINCES
Definition of PROVINCES
noun
plural of province
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Word DNA
PROVINCES inherits its ancestry from its root, PROVINCE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROVINCE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROVINCES 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 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVINCES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEINOPRSV - 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.
Could you have found PROVINCES?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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