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PROVINCIAL
Definition of PROVINCIAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a province.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English provincial, from Old French provincial, from Latin prōvinciālis (“of a province”), equivalent to province + -ial.
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.
PROVINCIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROVINCIAL starts with P and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACIILNOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROVIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found PROVINCIAL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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