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PROW
Definition of PROW
noun
The front part of a vessel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French proue, proe, from Ligurian prua, proa, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PROW · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PROW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PROW starts with P and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read OPRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PROW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found PROW?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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