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PROVING
Definition of PROVING
verb
present participle and gerund of prove
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English provyng, pryvynge, equivalent to prove + -ing.
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.
PROVING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 35, 24 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROVING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINOPRV - 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 35
Could you have found PROVING?
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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.
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