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PROVINGS
Definition of PROVINGS
noun
plural of proving
PROVE · via proving
verb
To demonstrate that something is true or viable; to give proof for; to bear out; to testify.
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Word DNA
PROVINGS inherits its ancestry from its root, PROVING.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,287)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROVINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 22, 11 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROVINGS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GINOPRSV - 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 22
Could you have found PROVINGS?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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