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PROVOKED
Definition of PROVOKED
verb
simple past and past participle of provoke
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROVOKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 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 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
PROVOKED starts with P and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKOOPRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start PROVOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PROVOKED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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