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PROVINCIALS
Definition of PROVINCIALS
noun
plural of provincial
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Word DNA
PROVINCIALS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROVINCIAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROVINCIAL · 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.
PROVINCIALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVINCIALS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACIILNOPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start PROVINC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found PROVINCIALS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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