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PROVOKES
Definition of PROVOKES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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.
PROVOKES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PROVOKES starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKOOPRSV - 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.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found PROVOKES?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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