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PROVISO
Definition of PROVISO
noun
A conditional provision to an agreement.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin proviso (“it being provided”), ablative singular neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (“to provide”); see provide.
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.
PROVISO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PROVISO starts with P and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read IOOPRSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROVIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found PROVISO?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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